November 28th, 2011

Dyslexia is a learning disability that affects up to 17.5 percent of the population. Although researchers believe the disorder is caused by a defect in the brain's processing ...
November 28th, 2011

A new study discovers more experienced physicians are less apt to learn from failures than ...
November 28th, 2011

To better understand the mind-body connection, physicians are advised to go back in time 400 years and investigate the work of a playwright ...
November 27th, 2011

Researchers have discovered a new way to boost the effects of anandamide -- a natural chemical in the body that provides pain relief similar to marijuana.
Anandamide ...
November 27th, 2011

Researchers interested in the treatment of schizophrenia and dementia have clarified how antipsychotic drugs work -- by targeting two receptors at the surface ...
November 26th, 2011

A new study shows the importance of the white matter pathways in the brain in how we process language.
Advances in brain imaging made within the last 10 years have ...
November 26th, 2011

Teen boys are more likely to engage in risk-taking and deviant behavior if they do not have a father figure in their lives, according to a University of ...
November 25th, 2011

Although many mental illnesses are uniquely human, animals sometimes exhibit abnormal behaviors similar to those seen in humans with psychological disorders. Such behaviors are called endophenotypes.
Now, researchers at the ...
November 25th, 2011

Researchers have learned that a psychopaths brain structure is significantly different from others. University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers discovered the variance studying images of ...
November 25th, 2011

An encouraging new study suggests that time spent in dream sleep can help to heal old memories.
University of California, Berkeley researchers discovered that during REM ...