Psychology & Psychiatry

Not knowing what to expect can make pain feel worse

When we accidentally touch something familiar, like a warm pan, our brains already know what feeling to expect and how much it might hurt. But if you were blindfolded and had no idea you were touching a warm pan, you'd feel ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Fluorescent sensors reveal dopamine signals in primate brains

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 ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Understanding children's subjective experiences through color

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, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

High social media use linked to delusional disorders

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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