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Imagine seeing a furry, four-legged animal that meows. Mentally, you know what it is, but the word 'cat' is stuck on the tip of your tongue. This phenomenon, known as Broca's aphasia or expressive aphasia, is a language…
How do you tell if someone has a particular accent? It might seem obvious: You hear someone pronounce words in a way that is different from 'normal' and connect it to other people from a specific place. But a new study…
Researchers analyzed data from 857 patients across 36 fMRI brain imaging studies and mapped a common brain circuit for creativity.
Researchers have mapped and catalogued more than 70,000 synaptic connections from about 2,000 rat neurons, using a silicon chip capable of recording small yet telltale synaptic signals from a large number of neurons. The…
Last month, a student emailed me to explain that because of various stressful circumstances, he was struggling to focus and to ...
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a New York State Certified School Psychologist in practice 35+ years. I work with ...
Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term memories. The new cell…
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It's been a long-held belief that absolute pitch -- the ability to identify musical notes without reference -- is a rare gift reserved for a select few with special genetic gifts or those who began musical training in…
Historically, Valentine’s Day was an annual feast celebrated on February 14th that was associated with love and romance. While the exact origins of this holiday are controversial and disputed, Valentine’s Day retains a…
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After a week of stress, mice show changes in how their brains process sound, reducing how well they perceive loud noises, according to a new study.
The pleasurable urge to move to music -- to groove -- appears to be a physiological response independent of how much we generally enjoy music, according to a new article. That groove response is so strong it is even…
Scientists have developed an innovative method for growing brain tumors of individual patients in the laboratory that mimic the original structure and the molecular property of the parental tumor as closely as possible…
Addiction and health behavior research is a multifaceted field that integrates perspectives from psychology, public health ...
Last-year psychology majors' research sheds light on the effects of studying abroad on professional and personal development.
Around 350 million people globally use dating apps, and they amass an estimated annual revenue of more than US$5 billion.
In a breakthrough for the advanced study of gut health, scientists have developed a 3D microscopic version of the human intestines condensed into a small chip about half the size of a five-cent coin. This new cell…
Years before tau tangles show up in brain scans of patients with Alzheimer's disease, a biomarker test can detect small amounts of the clumping-prone tau protein and its misfolded pathological forms that litter the…
In our digital times as we are inundated with YouTube videos, memes and social media, satire is everywhere, but it can be more damaging to people's reputations than direct criticism, according to new research.
A study sheds light on how networks in the brain detect new information, offering insight into disorders like schizophrenia.
DENVER — A law designed to help more people access eating disorder treatment may be doing the opposite. Last year, a Colorado ...
Kara Stainbrook depended on alcohol to get through the day for two years. The 45-year-old from Mercer, Pennsylvania, was going ...
Developmental psychologists like Catarina Vales want to know how kids understand the world. Like all researchers, she relies on ...
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After deadly knife attacks involving suspects with immigrant backgrounds, curbing immigration has come to dominate Germany's ...
In the modern world, mental health awareness has grown significantly for adults and children. Early exposure to psychology and ...
The Autism Science Foundation is now accepting applications for our 2025 Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship in ASD. This is an incredible opportunity for highly qualified students to gain hands-on experience […]…
This post was co-authored by Maria Auxiliadora Sanchez Ledesma and Robert Muller, PhD. “Reason for referral: anxious depressive ...
Researchers have achieved total chemical synthesis of the psychoactive compound ibogaine and its analogs from pyridine. The discovery will make it easier to explore the therapeutic possibilities of ibogaine.