From the Harvard University press release via EurekAlert!: A new finding by Harvard stem cell biologists turns one of the basics of neurobiology on its head – demonstrating that it is possible to turn one…
From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: Originally, the label “borderline personality disorder” was applied to patients who were thought to represent a middle ground between patients with neurotic and psychotic disorders. Increasingly, though, this…
From the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) press release via ScienceDaily: Seniors who have spoken two languages since childhood are faster than single-language speakers at switching from one task to another, according to a study published…
From the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne press release via EurekAlert!: It is well known that violent adults often have a history of childhood psychological trauma. Some of these individuals exhibit very real, physical alterations…
From the RIKEN press release via MedicalXpress: Humans and other animals learn by making mistakes. They can also learn from observing the mistakes of others. The brain processes self-generated errors in a region called the…
From the Brandeis University press release via MedicalXpress: Have you ever driven to work so deep in thought that you arrive safely yet can’t recall the drive itself? And if so, what part of “you”…
From the NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release via EurekAlert!: Some children who are accurately diagnosed in early childhood with autism lose the symptoms and the diagnosis as they grow older, a study supported…
From the Queen’s University press release via MedicalXpress: A Queen’s University study is giving new insight into how the neurons in our brains control our limbs. The research might one day help with the design…
From the Ruhr-Universität-Bochum press release via ScienceDaily: The channel protein Pannexin1 keeps nerve cells flexible and thus the brain receptive for new knowledge. Together with colleagues from Canada and the U.S., researchers at the Ruhr-Universität…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via ScienceDaily: People suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma — in which psychological stress plays a major role — may…