May 30th, 2013

An international team of psychologists has shown that some people can suppress incriminating memories and avoid detection by brain activity measured by guilt detection tests.
Law enforcement ...
May 29th, 2013

New technology is allowing superresolution and segmentation of magnetic resonance images (MRI) to help scientists study the actual structure of psychosis.
Spanish researchers from ...
May 20th, 2013

Emerging research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) finds that specific areas of the brain may show effects of trauma even in non-stressful ...
May 20th, 2013

Emerging research shows that exergaming -- using active console video games that track player movement to control the game (e.g., Xbox-Kinect, Wii) -- can increase ...
May 13th, 2013

Today’s digital environment allows quick deletion of digital photos and emails, but the proliferation of digital possessions makes erasing a ...
May 12th, 2013

Work conditions, including low levels of social support and high levels of stress, can accurately predict the development of diabetes over the ...
May 7th, 2013

For many people who don't respond to standard antidepressant treatment, electric brain stimulation -- known as vagus nerve stimulation -- has been shown to effectively relieve severe symptoms of ...
May 7th, 2013

Teenaged boys who play violent video games three or more hours a day may be desensitized to the physiological and emotional effects of the ...
May 6th, 2013

One in six U.S. high school students reported being electronically bullied within the past 12 months, according to a new ...
May 6th, 2013

When individuals create their own avatar and modify it, the difficult situations faced by their alter egos may influence the perception of the virtual ...