Optical brain scanner goes where other brain scanners can’t
Scientists have advanced a brain-scanning technology that tracks what the brain is doing by shining…
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Genes play key role in brain injury risk for premature babies
Premature babies’ risk of brain injury is influenced by their genes, a new study suggests.…
Reduction in volume in hippocampus region of brain seen in psychotic disorders
Reduction in brain volume in the hippocampus (a region related to memory) was seen in…
Dementia diagnosis twice as likely if older adult has schizophrenia
Researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University who followed over 30,000 older adults for a…
What makes psychotic teens more at risk for suicide than other groups with psychosis?
Suicide is a general risk for people with psychosis. According to The Journal of Psychiatry,…
Mental illness not usually linked to crime, research finds
In a study of crimes committed by people with serious mental disorders, only 7.5 percent…
Neurons in the brain tune into different frequencies for different spatial memory tasks
Your brain transmits information about your current location and memories of past locations over the…
A new intervention to improve well-being in people with psychiatric disorders
The benefits of incorporating approaches from positive psychology into existing understandings of mental health problems…
Scientists discover brain’s anti-distraction system
Two Simon Fraser University psychologists have made a brain-related discovery that could revolutionize doctors’ perception…
Finding turns neuroanatomy on its head: Harvard researchers present new view of myelin
Harvard neuroscientists have made a discovery that turns 160 years of neuroanatomy on its head.…
How brain structures grow as memory develops
Our ability to store memories improves during childhood, associated with structural changes in the hippocampus…
Researchers identify children with emotional behavior difficulties
Research on children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in South Africa may provide insight on how to…
Watch: Europe hopes to unravel the human brain
One of the biggest challenges today is to understand the human brain and we never…
Yale researchers search for earliest roots of psychiatric disorders
Newborns whose mothers were exposed during pregnancy to any one of a variety of environmental…
Memory accuracy and strength can be manipulated during sleep
The sense of smell might seem intuitive, almost something you take for granted. But researchers…
