Category: Neuroscience

Study suggests cognitive behavioral therapy normalizes brain abnormality in OCD patients

From the UCLA press release: FINDINGS UCLA scientists and colleagues studying the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) discovered an abnormality in the brains of people with obsessive compulsive disorder… Read more »

Study suggests automatic decision-making prevents us harming others

From the University of Birmingham press release: The processes our brains use to avoid harming other people are automatic and reflexive — and quite different from those used when avoiding… Read more »

Study uncovers a specific brain circuit damaged by social isolation during childhood

From the Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine press release: Loneliness is recognized as a serious threat to mental health. Even as our world becomes increasingly connected… Read more »

Study suggests new clues about the link between stress and depression

From the Karolinska Institutet press release: Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a protein in the brain that is important both for the function of the mood-regulating substance… Read more »

Study looks at the overlap between fear and anxiety brain circuits

From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Fear and anxiety reflect overlapping brain circuits, according to research recently published in JNeurosci. The findings highlight a need to reevaluate the existing models… Read more »