Neuroscience
Animal study shows how stress and mother's abuse affects infant brain
A new study in rats shows the extent of brain damage in newborn rodents from even short-term abuse by their mother.
Oct 21, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain scans reveal why we are more likely to take risks if we see others doing so
(Medical Xpress)—A combined team of researchers from the University of Melbourne and the California Institute of Technology has located a part of the brain involved in behavior contagion, by conducting a study involving ...
Neuroscience
How the brain encodes social rank and 'winning mindset'
If you're reaching for the last piece of pizza at a party and see another hand going for it at the same time, your next move probably depends both on how you feel and whom the hand belongs to. Your little sister—you might ...
Mar 16, 2022
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Neuroscience
Researchers isolate and decode brain signal patterns for specific behaviors
At any given moment in time, our brain is involved in various activities. For example, when typing on a keyboard, our brain not only dictates our finger movements but also how thirsty we feel at that time. As a result, brain ...
Nov 10, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Serotonin: A critical chemical for human intimacy and romance
The judgments we make about the intimacy of other couples' relationships appear to be influenced by the brain chemical serotonin, reports a new study published in Biological Psychiatry.
Apr 14, 2011
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Neuroscience
No sex without kiss! Researchers discover how the brain controls sex
A research team led by Professor Julie Bakker at Liège University (Belgium) and Professor Ulrich Boehm at Saarland University (Germany) has made a major advancement in the understanding of how the brain controls sex. Their ...
Jan 29, 2018
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Neuroscience
Strategic or random? In the face of uncertainty, the brain chooses randomness as the best strategy
Many of the choices we make are informed by experiences we've had in the past. But occasionally we're better off abandoning those lessons and exploring a new situation unfettered by past experiences. Scientists at the Howard ...
Sep 25, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers studying ketamine as suicide prevention drug
(Medical Xpress)—University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers think ketamine, an anesthesia medication in use since the 1970s, might be a valuable tool in treating severe depression and reducing suicidal urges; ...
Mar 27, 2013
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Neuroscience
Decision-making involves a little known brain region
When faced with a change to our environment, we have to make appropriate decisions, which usually involves the orbitofrontal cortex. Yet unexpectedly, scientists at the Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives ...
Sep 24, 2015
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Medical research
Study finds how BPA affects gene expression, anxiety; Soy mitigates effects
New research led by researchers at North Carolina State University shows that exposure to the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) early in life results in high levels of anxiety by causing significant gene expression changes in a ...
Sep 7, 2012
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