Lifestyle changes—such as getting more exercise, time in nature, or helping others—can be as effective as drugs or counseling to...

Northwestern University scientists have discovered a new mechanism in the core gears of the circadian clock. They found the loss...

In a massive research effort published in Biological Psychiatry, eleven international research groups collaborated to pool brain imaging data from...

When psychotherapy is helping someone get better, what does that change look like in the brain? This was the question...

The human brain consists of approximately one hundred billion nerve cells. Each of these cells needs to connect to specific...

Grownups have a good sense of what's fair. Research now shows that this is true for young children, too. In...

The main psychoactive compound in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), protects against brain damage caused by methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as the...

Most of us are familiar with the idea of image compression in computers. File extensions like .jpg or .png signify...

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have produced the first known compound to show significant effectiveness...

People tend to overestimate the steepness of slopes – and psychologists studying the phenomenon have made a discovery that refutes...