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Parkinson's disease affects more than 1.1 million people in the United States, progressively damaging the brain cells that control movement. By the time symptoms like tremors appear, patients have already lost around half ...
Nov 25, 2025
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a brain circuit that can drive repetitive and compulsive behaviors in mice, even when natural rewards such as food or social contact are available. The study ...
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The digital age has fundamentally reshaped childhood, making screens an integral part of learning, socialization, and entertainment. Globally, screen time among adolescents has surged, accelerated by the isolation and remote ...
Nov 21, 2025
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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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Deep brain stimulation—implants in the brain that act as a kind of "pacemaker"—has led to clinical improvements in half of the participants with treatment-resistant severe depression in an open-label trial.
Nov 18, 2025
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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD), a leading cause of neurodevelopmental disorders, may affect as many as 1 in 20 school-aged children in the United States. Despite its prevalence, the exact brain circuit responsible ...
Oct 28, 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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Mindfulness meditation may help people struggling with concurrent depression and Internet gaming disorder, according to a study published in PNAS Nexus. Guang-Heng Dong and colleagues treated 59 people with depression and ...
Sep 23, 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 ...
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Decision-making, the process through which humans choose between different available options, has been the topic of countless neuroscience, psychology and behavioral science studies. This process does not only include the ...
