Sep 30, 2016 | Brain & Behavior, Health
A new medication that targets part of the brain’s stress system may help reduce alcohol use in people with alcohol use disorder (AUD), according to a new study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National...
Sep 30, 2016 | Brain & Behavior
Guilt-ridden busy moms and dads take heart: Mothers – and fathers – across most Western countries are spending more time with their children than parents did in the mid-’60s, according to a University of California, Irvine study. And time spent with kids is highest...
Sep 29, 2016 | Brain & Behavior
An immunotherapy already in clinical trials as a cancer treatment should also be tested as a way to slow the progress of Parkinson’s disease, researchers at Johns Hopkins say. The research team has identified a protein that enables a toxic natural aggregate to...
Sep 29, 2016 | Brain & Behavior
Mice have brain cells that are dedicated to storing memories of other mice, according to a new study from MIT neuroscientists. These cells, found in a region of the hippocampus known as the ventral CA1, store “social memories” that help shape the mice’s behavior...
Sep 28, 2016 | Brain & Behavior
he human field of vision is only about 180 degrees, so if you’re reading this at your desk, you should have a good view of the stuff that’s right in front of you — your computer and phone, maybe some pictures of your family. Despite that limited view, your brain is...
Sep 28, 2016 | Brain & Behavior
Faces are as unique as fingerprints and can reveal a great deal of information about our health, personalities, age, and feelings. Penn State researchers recently discovered adolescents begin to view faces differently as they prepare for the transition to adulthood....
Sep 28, 2016 | Brain & Behavior
Preschool teachers and staff show signs of implicit bias in administering discipline, but the race of the teacher plays a big role in the outcome, according to research conducted by the Yale Child Study Center. The results help explain why black students tend to be...
Sep 28, 2016 | Brain & Behavior
As many as half of people are blind to motion in some part of their field of vision, but the deficit doesn’t have anything to do with the eyes. In a study published Sept. 28 in the journal Psychological Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison psychology Professor Bas...
Sep 28, 2016 | Brain & Behavior
Stuttering, an interruption in the flow of speech, affects about three million Americans. It begins most often in childhood, affecting four men for every woman. A precise cause of this complex communicative disorder is not known. A genetically influenced condition,...
Sep 28, 2016 | Brain & Behavior, Health
A new national study shows for the first time how smoking bans in cities, states and counties led young people living in those areas to give up, or never take up, the use of cigarettes. In particular, the study found that young males who were light smokers before a...
