Brain = Computer? No, according to new study The theory that the mind works like a computer, in a series of distinct stages, was an important steppingstone in cognitive science, but it has outlived its ...

Teen Mental Health Declining in the United States Adolescents in the United States are more likely to suffer from a mental health disorder than ever before, but getting these teens diagnosed and cared for is ...

Call for abstracts and a current abstract list is available on the website of the 3rd International Conference on Psychophysiology of Panic Attacks, being held in Philadelphia, PA on October 15-16, 2005.

Study: Dads can suffer postnatal depression too Although it occurs most often in mothers, fathers can also suffer postnatal depression and it can influence their children's early behavior, British researchers said on Friday. Baby boys ...

Patients' Diversity Is Often Discounted When UCLA researchers reviewed the best available studies of psychiatric drugs for depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and attention deficit disorder, they found that the trials had involved 9,327 patients over ...

Back on June 11, 2005, New Scientist let us know about this amazing scientific breakthrough: Genes blamed for fickle female orgasm Only 14 per cent of the women reported always experiencing orgasm during intercourse. Another 32 ...

I can't believe summer is here, and June is almost gone. The time flies!!! It flies, I tell you, flaps its wings and swoops over my head and out the window. Almost as if it ...

Combination of diabetes, depression ups death risk The combination of diabetes and depression increases a person's risk of dying early, beyond that linked to either condition alone, a new study suggests. The implication, according to researchers, ...

This is a lesson in creating valid scientific instruments that actually measure something, rather than providing pretty numbers that purport to measure something. Infoworld is one of a number of weekly IT magazines that is ...

Electronic connectivity isn't all that great, warns computer guru at NJIT talk "Although sophisticated electronics gadgets are making the world appear smaller, distance should not die," said computer guru Darl Kolb earlier this week at ...

Multitasking: You can't pay full attention to both sights and sounds The reason talking on a cell phone makes drivers less safe may be that the brain can't simultaneously give full attention to both the ...

How do I love thee? Which of the nine ways? UK researchers in the British Journal of Social Psychology in early June claimed to have identified nine varieties of love. Only 9? It sounds all ...