Medical research

Psychedelic drugs: How to tell good research from bad

Research with psychedelic drugs has made a dramatic comeback amid a heady mix of softening societal attitudes, the lure of commercial opportunity, misgivings about the "war on drugs," and the desire to develop new ways to ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

How fear memories get stuck in some brains

Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have discovered a biological mechanism that increases the strength with which fear memories are stored in the brain. The study, carried out in rats, is published in Molecular ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Cultural connection improves health of Indigenous young adults

Native American youth in the U.S. experience higher rates of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease compared to their non-Indigenous counterparts. But a research ...

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