In these unprecedented times of the global spread of COVID-19, or coronavirus, our daily lives are impacted by considerable changes in how we work and socialize. Due to social distancing measures, for those of us lucky enough ...
Mar 26, 2020
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As cases of COVID-19 proliferate, there's a pandemic of fear unfolding alongside the pandemic of the coronavirus.
Mar 16, 2020
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Why do some people almost always drop $10 in the Salvation Army bucket and others routinely walk by? One answer may be found in an intricate and rhythmic neuronal dance between two specific brain regions, finds a new Yale ...
Feb 24, 2020
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An international research group led by the Graduate School of Medicine's Dr. TAKUMI Toru (RIKEN Center for Brain Science team leader) and Dr. TSURUGIZAWA Tomokazu (NeuroSpin/CEA, France) has succeeded in developing a system ...
Feb 5, 2020
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Misleading bat soup videos, vastly inflated death tolls, quack remedies and vaccine conspiracies—a global deluge of misinformation is compounding public fears about China's new coronavirus and stoking racial stereotypes.
Jan 30, 2020
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The food market where China's deadly virus surfaced was a smorgasbord of exotic wildlife ranging from wolf pups to species linked to previous pandemics such as civets, according to vendor information and a Chinese media report.
Jan 22, 2020
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Researchers of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Malaga (UMA) specializing in addictive disorders, have demonstrated in an animal model that the presence of a relevant social stimulus reduces interest in cocaine.
Nov 15, 2019
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The traditional method of housing mice and rats alone increases stress and worsens epilepsy, according to a new study published in eNeuro. The added stress could complicate results of pre-clinical drug trials.
Jul 22, 2019
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Scientists have shown that transplanting gut bacteria, from an animal that is vulnerable to social stress to a non-stressed animal, can cause vulnerable behavior in the recipient. The research reveals details of biological ...
May 7, 2019
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Animal-assisted therapy can foster social competence in patients with brain injuries and increase their emotional involvement during therapy. These were the findings of a clinical trial conducted by psychologists from the ...
Apr 9, 2019
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