News tagged with avoidance behavior

Science reveals the power of a handshake

(Medical Xpress)—New neuroscience research is confirming an old adage about the power of a handshake: strangers do form a better impression of those who proffer their hand in greeting. The study was led ...

Neuroscience Oct 19, 2012 | 4 / 5 (4) | 2 |

Depressed fathers pass depression to offspring but the cause is mostly behavioral, not genetic, or epigenetic

(Medical Xpress) -- One of the first studies to examine, in animals, how depression in fathers may impact their offspring will be presented by the study's researchers from the University at Buffalo and Mt. Sinai School of ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Nov 17, 2011 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Researchers visualize memory formation for the first time in zebrafish

In our interaction with our environment we constantly refer to past experiences stored as memories to guide behavioral decisions. But how memories are formed, stored and then retrieved to assist decision-making ...

Neuroscience May 16, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Prenatal testosterone levels influence later response to reward

New findings led by Dr. Michael Lombardo, Prof. Simon Baron-Cohen and colleagues at the University of Cambridge indicate that testosterone levels early in fetal development influence later sensitivity of brain regions related ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Nov 05, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Persistent negative attitude can undo effectiveness of exposure therapy for phobias

Because confronting fear won't always make it go away, researchers suggest that people with phobias must alter memory-driven negative attitudes about feared objects or events to achieve a more lasting recovery from what scares ...

Psychology & Psychiatry Feb 26, 2013 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |