A new Carnegie Mellon University neuroimaging study reveals the mental stages people go through as they are solving challenging math problems.
Published in Psychological Science, researchers combined two analytical strategies to use functional MRI (fMRI) to identify patterns of brain...
An abstract visualization of how variations in oxygen levels can change circadian rhythms through the protein HIF1α. Credit: Asher et al./Cell Metabolism 2016
We might not think of our circadian clock until we are jetlagged, but scientists continue to...
In a new study in Nature Neuroscience, Jaideep Bains, PhD, and his team at the Cumming School of Medicine's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI), at the University of Calgary have discovered that stress transmitted from others can change the brain in...
Cooperation -- between family members, friends, coworkers and even governments around the world -- is viewed as a cornerstone of human society. But not everyone cooperates equally, as anyone who's worked on a group project knows. And one factor...
Taking lithium was associated with reduced rates of self-harm and unintentional injury in patients with bipolar disorder compared with other commonly prescribed maintenance treatments, according to an article published online by JAMA Psychiatry.
Self-harm is a major cause of illness...
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the researchers recorded brain activity patterns as subjects listened to stories of human distress.
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When others suffer, we humans empathize. Our feelings of empathy take different forms, such as distress...
Both ventral and dorsal roots have been detached, which is the common scenario clinically, the ventral root is implanted directly into the cord as is dorsal root, but after the ganglion has been cut out. In the final drawing...
Lenticular organic microfossils in the Kromberg Formation, Onverwacht Group, Barberton Mountain Land of South Africa. Image shown is an optical photomicrograph of a polished thin section, taken in transmitted light.
Credit: Dorothy Oehler on a sample provided by Maud Walsh...
A recently published study documents that the number of people who are diagnosed with depression at psychiatric hospitals in Denmark increases immediately after the transition from daylight saving time to standard time.Credit: Flickr/thetaleofmay
"The year has 16 months: November, December,...
new study suggest that factors contributing to early birth might also impact the brain's development in the womb, leading to significant neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and cerebral palsy.Image Credit: Flickr/mcbethphoto
Even before they are born,...
Work-hard, play-hard culture may put elite athletes at higher risk of substance abuse
As she was planning her study to look into the role physical activity and sport play in the development of substance addiction, Laurie de Grace was forewarned...
