Exposure to CO2 after traumatic experience strengthens fearful memories in mice
The inhalation of carbon dioxide (CO2) by mice a few hours after they formed a new fearful memory makes that...
Testosterone encourages persistence in the face of continued defeat, according to a placebo-controlled experiment
Testosterone appears to have led participants to view persistence in the competition as a way of improving social status. A...
Big data study suggests the human brain navigates by taking the “pointiest path” rather than the shortest path
Think of your morning walk to work, school or your favorite coffee shop. Are you taking the shortest possible route...
Study sheds light on changes in brain connectivity associated with orgasmic meditation
New research provides preliminary evidence that an intimacy practice called orgasmic meditation results in altered patterns of functional connectivity in...
Brains are getting smaller in modern humans
Research published in Brain, Behavior, and Evolution has identified decreases to encephalization levels in modern humans, with much of these...
A pat on the hand from a humanoid robot boosts positive feelings and increases compliance, study finds
A lab experiment investigated how college students respond to touch from a humanoid robot during conversation. The findings, published in...
New neuroscience study finds neighborhood disadvantage is linked to altered brain maturation in adolescence
“Our results essentially showed the children who grew up in disadvantaged neighborhoods had brains that looked older than was typical...
Psychologists have found that triggering large prediction errors helps to change false beliefs
"Our minds constantly make predictions about the future. In this study, we used this fundamental property of the cognitive system...
Neuroscience research: Caring and confident dads have structurally different brains
Although the COVID-19 pandemic profoundly impacted all our work and living arrangements, one thing particularly stood out for dads. During...
Psilocybin therapy boosts cognitive and neural flexibility in depressed patients, study finds
Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy appears to increase both cognitive and neural flexibility in patients with major depressive disorder, according to new research...
What are children’s beliefs about what is possible? A new study has answers
According to a series of three studies published in the journal Child Development, children’s beliefs about what is possible differ...
Childhood exercise is associated with cognitive control in later life, study finds
According to a study published in NeuroImage, childhood exercise prior to entering junior high school predicts better response inhibition in...
Neuroscience research finds brain structure differences in men and women are not strongly linked to behavioral differences
Brain structure differences in men and women are only weakly linked to behavioral differences, according to new research that analyzed...
New study links COVID-19 lockdown to reduced brain metabolism
The social isolation and reduction in physical activity caused by COVID-19 lockdowns appear to have negatively impacted brain metabolism, according...
Machine learning study identifies facial features that are central to first impressions
"We shouldn't be too confident in our first impressions. They might come to mind easily and effortlessly, but not because...