Psychology & Psychiatry

Harry Potter provides window into the DNA of behavioral genetics

Harry Potter, the hero of J. K. Rowling's seven fantasy novels, is a chip off the old wizarding block when it comes to quidditch, the fictional sport played by rival houses at Hogwarts, the school for wizards and witches. ...

Autism spectrum disorders

Oxytocin shows promise for improving social skills in autistic mice

People with autism spectrum disorders have difficulty with social behavior and communication, which can make it challenging to form friendships, engage in routine conversations or pick up on the social cues that are second ...

Health

Even the perceived risk of disease prompts intention to act

With so much focus on risk factors for disease, we are living in an era of surveillance medicine, in which the emphasis on risk blurs the lines between health and illness, argue researchers at Yale and Syracuse universities ...

Autism spectrum disorders

How does the brain develop in individuals with autism?

Geneticists at Heidelberg University Hospital's Department of Molecular Human Genetics have used a new mouse model to demonstrate the way a certain genetic mutation is linked to a type of autism in humans and affects brain ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Genes, adversity linked to crime in incarcerated sample

Researchers at Sam Houston State University have found a genetic characteristic that interacts with childhood adversity to predict higher rates of crime in an incarcerated sample.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Understanding the basic biology of bipolar disorder

(Medical Xpress)—Scientists know there is a strong genetic component to bipolar disorder, but they have had an extremely difficult time identifying the genes that cause it. So, in an effort to better understand the illness's ...

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