Ahab hunting down Moby Dick. Wile E. Coyote chasing the Road Runner. Learning Latin. Walking over hot coals. Standing in a long line for boba tea or entrance to a small, overpriced clothing retail store. Forking up for luxury ...
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Feelings of guilt and shame can lead us to behave in a variety of different ways, including trying to make amends or save face, cooperating more with others or avoiding people altogether. Now, researchers have shed light ...
Dec 18, 2025
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From work meetings to first dates, it's essential to adjust our behavior for success. In certain situations, it can even be a matter of life or death. So how do we switch our behavior when situations change?
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Whether speaking or swinging a bat, precise and adaptable timing of movement is essential for everyday behavior. Although we do not have sensory organs like eyes or a nose to sense time, we can keep time and control the timing ...
Nov 19, 2025
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Julia Sheffield, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has dedicated her career to solving the mysteries of psychosis. As a clinician, Sheffield, the Jack Martin, MD Research Professor in ...
Oct 24, 2025
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For every motor skill you've ever learned, whether it's walking or watchmaking, there is a small ensemble of neurons in your brain that makes that movement happen. Our brains trigger these ensembles—what we sometimes call ...
Sep 9, 2025
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Scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, working in collaboration with a team from the University of Texas at El Paso, have developed a novel computational framework for understanding how a region of the ...
Aug 14, 2025
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QIMR Berghofer researchers have found the genes linked to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) for the first time, after identifying 30 regions in the human genome associated with this debilitating yet often misunderstood ...
May 13, 2025
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When you are weighing two possible actions, your brain needs to decide what to do and how to do it. For example, if a book and a cup sit side-by-side on a table, your brain must decide whether you want to read the novel or ...
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Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health disorder associated with persistent, intrusive thoughts (i.e., obsessions), accompanied by repetitive behaviors (i.e., compulsions) aimed at reducing the anxiety arising ...
