Neuroscience
Our brain's response to others' good news depends on empathy
The way our brain responds to others' good fortune is linked to how empathetic people report themselves to be, according to new UCL-led research.
Oct 7, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychopathic violent offenders' brains can't understand punishment
Psychopathic violent offenders have abnormalities in the parts of the brain related to learning from punishment, according to an MRI study led by Sheilagh Hodgins and Nigel Blackwood. "One in five violent offenders is a psychopath. ...
Jan 27, 2015
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Neuroscience
Planning may start in brain's amygdala, study says
Thinking of a new career? Buying a home? Have you consulted your amygdala?
Jan 26, 2015
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Genetics
Are you genetically predisposed to antisocial behavior?
Both positive and negative experiences influence how genetic variants affect the brain and thereby behaviour, according to a new study. "Evidence is accumulating to show that the effects of variants of many genes that are ...
Dec 15, 2014
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Neuroscience
Judgment and decision-making: Brain activity indicates there is more than meets the eye
(Medical Xpress)—People make immediate judgments about images they are shown, which could impact on their decisions, even before their brains have had time to consciously process the information, a study of brainwaves led ...
Oct 2, 2014
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Neuroscience
Brain imaging study reveals what makes some people more susceptible to peer influence
(Medical Xpress)—A brain area activated by group decisions can distinguish people more likely to conform to the will of a group, say researchers from UCL.
Apr 29, 2014
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Neuroscience
Scientists unmask a piece in the puzzle of how the inheritance of traumas is mediated
The phenomenon has long been known in psychology: traumatic experiences can induce behavioural disorders that are passed down from one generation to the next. It is only recently that scientists have begun to understand the ...
Apr 13, 2014
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Autism spectrum disorders
Autistic behaviours linked to banned pesticide
(Medical Xpress)—A new study co-authored by a Simon Fraser University researcher finds the children of pregnant women exposed to high levels of a flame retardant and a banned pesticide are more likely to exhibit autistic-like ...
Mar 21, 2014
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Addiction
Can 'love hormone' oxytocin protect against addiction?
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Adelaide say addictive behaviour such as drug and alcohol abuse could be associated with poor development of the so-called "love hormone" system in our bodies during early ...
Mar 19, 2014
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Neuroscience
Making your brain social: Failure to eliminate links between neurons produces autistic-like mice
In many people with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, different parts of the brain don't talk to each other very well. Scientists have now identified, for the first time, a way in which this decreased functional ...
Feb 2, 2014
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