Stress diminishes our capacity to sense new dangers, psychology research finds
Being under stress diminishes our abilities to predict new dangers that we face, a team of psychology researchers finds. Its...
Read moreBeing under stress diminishes our abilities to predict new dangers that we face, a team of psychology researchers finds. Its...
Read moreSpecialized nerve cells, known as somatostatin-expressing (Sst) interneurons, in the outer part of the mammalian brain (or cerebral cortex) --...
Read moreWatching television for more than a couple of hours a day is linked to lower school readiness skills in kindergartners,...
Read moreAdolescents with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are more likely to misidentify sad and angry faces as fearful, while teens...
Read moreEmotions are not innately programmed into our brains, but, in fact, are cognitive states resulting from the gathering of information,...
Read morePrediction is crucial for brain function--without forecasting, our actions would always be too late because of the delay in neural...
Read moreAdults on the autism spectrum see their interests as possible fields of study and career paths, as well as ways...
Read moreBy the age of 6, girls become less likely than boys to associate brilliance with their own gender and are...
Read moreEmotional experiences can induce physiological and internal brain states that persist for long periods of time after the emotional events...
Read moreA team of scientists has mapped out how our brains process visuals we don't even know we've seen, indicating that...
Read moreMiddle and high school students, regardless of their race and ethnicity, have more favorable perceptions of their Black and Latino...
Read moreA new study, published in Archives of Sexual Behavior by researchers affiliated with New York University's Center for Drug Use...
Read moreThe confidence in our decision-making serves to both gauge errors and to revise our approach, New York University neuroscientists have...
Read moreA new study on infantile memory formation in rats points to the importance of critical periods in early-life learning on...
Read moreNational surveys suggest ecstasy (the street name for the drug MDMA) use has decreased substantially among adolescents and young adults...
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