Brain and Behavior
Scientists have developed a mathematical model of the mating game to help explain why courtship is often protracted.
What is the relationship between our inclination to judge and our well being?
Brain scan as Rorschach Test: what you see is in the mind of the beholder, not necessarily the beholdee.
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have teased apart the biological details distinguishing two related neurological diseases—ataxia telangiectasia-like disease (ATLD) and Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS).
A new study in the journal Psychology & Marketing investigates the influence of website design on children’s information processing. Results show that the type of interface used can significantly affect how children process and retain information; age strongly affected this relationship.
A new study provides a novel theory for how delusions arise and why they persist.
The average 20-29 year old scores a 2.5 on my Memory Test. How well can you do?
A leading child expert is warning parents to limit the amount of television children watch before the age of two, after an extensive review published in the January issue of Acta Paediatrica showed that it can do more harm than good to their ongoing development.
We've all experienced the feeling of not knowing where we are. Being disoriented is not pleasant, and it can even be scary, but luckily for most of us, this sensation is temporary.
The pain-relieving effects of nitrous oxide -- laughing gas -- may be enhanced by suggestion or hypnosis, according to a new study. The findings -- that people are more suggestible under the gas -- mean that dental patients may benefit from being coached to relax while undergoing sedation.
A study by researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has found that the seven- to eight-fold increase in the number children born in California with autism since 1990 cannot be explained by either changes in how the condition is diagnosed or counted — and the trend shows no sign of abating.
Do people really believe technobabble? A reanalysis of an already-classic 2008 study.
Recent animal studies have shown that clioquinol -- an 80-year old drug once used to treat diarrhea and other gastrointestinal disorders -- can reverse the progression of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.
Obstructive sleep apnea decreases blood flow to the brain, elevates blood pressure within the brain and eventually harms the brain’s ability to modulate these changes and prevent damage to itself, according to a new study published by The American Physiological Society. The findings may help explain why people with sleep apnea are more likely to suffer strokes and to die in their sleep.
Women who smoke during pregnancy risk delivering aggressive kids, according to a new Canada-Netherlands study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology.
