Most people are familiar with Pavlovian conditioning, in which a reward-anticipatory behavior follows a reward-predicting stimulus. Behind this mechanism is dopamine released within the striatum, the largest structure of ...
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Our brains use basic "building blocks" of information to keep track of how people interact, enabling us to navigate complex social interactions, finds a new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers.
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Transgender and gender diverse individuals who were hospitalized for psychiatric care were less likely to have a follow-up visit compared to the general population, suggesting they face transphobia in the hospital system.
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In psychology and neuroscience, the relationship between subjective experience, such as how we perceive color, and physical brain activity has remained an unresolved problem. Furthermore, due to their limited language abilities, ...
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Turn on the news. Another war. Another environmental disaster. Another political scandal. The digital age delivers an unrelenting cycle of crisis, driven by the fact that many publishers know that negativity does drive online ...
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The biological roots of Tourette disorder occur in the basal ganglia, structures deep in the brain involved in the control of movement—particularly learned motor routines and habits. However, the role of individual cells ...
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Results indicate that the closer the Doomsday Clock ticks to midnight, the higher the rates are for mortality specific to Alzheimer's disease, suicide, unintentional injuries, alcohol and substance-related disorders.
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Most people are familiar with loopholes. When your boss, landlord, partner, customer, or government asks you to do something you don't want to do, and yet you can't say "no," you may resort to malicious compliance—doing ...
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Research from the University of Bath, published on No Smoking Day 2025, shows that integrating smoking cessation support into NHS Talking Therapies for depression and anxiety increases quit rates. This is an important step ...
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A new study from Simon Fraser University researchers has found a close link between high levels of social media use and psychiatric disorders that involve delusions, such as narcissism and body dysmorphic disorder.
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