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Stress Eating Explained Through Appetite Controlling Brain Circuits [VIDEO]
By Mark Miller | Mar 23, 2017 10:47 AM EDTA new research conducted on laboratory mice managed to examine how the brain controls appetite and how it is linked with emotions.
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Significance Of Time: Why Not Wearing A Watch Is Being Anti-Social
By Hannah Grace | Feb 25, 2017 07:50 AM ESTTime is a social glue. It is a language which is fundamental to everyone’s social interaction.
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Human Brains Wired For Laziness, Shun Away From Hard Work
By Hannah Grace | Feb 23, 2017 08:30 AM ESTTo combat laziness, researchers suggest putting television remote control in a place where it will be hard to get.
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Brain's Reaction To Website Advertising Versus Facebook
By Hannah Grace | Feb 23, 2017 08:10 AM ESTPublisher's websites are also more memorable among the test subjects compared to news feeds in Facebook.
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Scientists May Be Able To Delete Bad Memories Soon
By Anne Collins | Feb 21, 2017 07:50 AM ESTJust like the movie "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", deleting bad memories can be possible. But researchers have suggested that society need to develop ethical policies around the potential use of memory deletion.
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Psychiatrists Weigh In On Donald Trump's Mental Health
By Anne Collins | Feb 20, 2017 07:30 AM ESTThe public, psychiatrists and politicians have all weighed in on President Donald Trump's mental health. Politicians have announced the proposal of removing him from office.
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New Study Helps Predict Autism In Babies
By Anne Collins | Feb 16, 2017 08:20 AM ESTThe earlier the intervention for autism, the better the outcome. Researchers believe being able to predict the likelihood of autism in children is one way of reducing the severity of the developmental disorder.
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ADHD Linked To Brain Size
By Anne Collins | Feb 16, 2017 08:00 AM ESTThe study hopes to create more empathy for children with ADHD. This gives more evidence that ADHD should be considered as a neurological condition. It can help provide information necessary for developing new treatments.
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Music Acts The Same Way As Other Addictive Pleasures
By Anne Collins | Feb 09, 2017 09:14 AM ESTThe cliche of sex, drugs and rock n' roll lifestyle have just been proven by scientists from Montreal, Canada. Those who have a deep passion for music could be more likely to get a deeper pleasure from sex, recreational drugs or food.
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Air Pollution Linked To Dementia In Older Women
By Anne Collins | Feb 02, 2017 07:40 AM ESTOlder women who are exposed to high levels of air pollution are four times likelier to develop global cognitive decline.
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Why Acid Trips Last Long; Scientists Attached LSD To Brain Cell
By Anne Collins | Jan 28, 2017 09:38 AM ESTScientists binds the LSD to serotonin 2b receptors and discovered a lid-like reaction. The longer the lid-like reaction takes place the longer the acid trip.
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Lundbeck Shark Antibodies Join Fight Against Alzheimer's
By Anne Collins | Jan 27, 2017 09:00 AM ESTShark Antibodies pave new ways to get therapeutic medicines into the brain. This can help treat brain diseases such as Alzeihmer's and Parkinson's.
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Gut Microbe Improvement Through Fecal Microbial Transplants Shows Promise In Treating Autism
By Beatrix Smith | Jan 24, 2017 11:19 PM ESTA team of researchers has found that the key to treating autism in children may lie in the gut, not the brain.
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Paralysis Finds Cure In New Chip: Tech Offers Hope To Spinal Injuries, Quadriplegics
By Brian McNeill | Apr 20, 2016 06:30 AM EDTParalysis is something that anyone will not want to fall into, a state which takes away the ability to move one’s extremities. Such occurs only in extremes when a person incurs some sort of freakish spinal injury and many have seen a lot go through it.
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How Fear Neurons Are Silenced By Exposure Therapy For Those With Anxiety Disorders
By Michelle Gil | Nov 01, 2013 07:00 PM EDTAnxiety disorders like post-traumatic stress disorder can develop after an overly stressful experience. Exposure therapy is a common treatment for those who suffer from an anxiety disorder because the patient tries to overcome their dear in a safe environment.
