Brain and Behavior News

Real-time Brain Feedback May Help Overcome Anxiety, OCD

May 10th, 2013
Real-time Brain Feedback May Help Overcome Anxiety, OCD  People provided with a real-time readout of their brain activity can learn to control that activity and decrease their ...

Children with Autism Hypersensitive to Motion

May 9th, 2013
Children with Autism Hypersensitive to MotionChildren with autism can detect simple movements twice as fast as typically developing children, and this hypersensitivity to motion may provide insight into the workings behind the ...

How Electric Brain Stimulation Relieves Depression

May 7th, 2013
How Electric Brain Stimulation Relieves DepressionFor 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 ...

Extremes in Birth Weight Tied to Greater Risk of Autism

May 5th, 2013
Extremes in Birth Weight Tied to Greater Risk of Autism  A new study reports that babies whose growth in the womb is at either end of the extreme -- either very small ...

Increased Risk of Heart Disease Linked to Decreased Brain Function

May 5th, 2013
Increased Risk of Heart Disease Linked to Decreased Brain Function  Brain function in adults as young as 35 may decline as their risk of heart disease increases, according to new research. "Young adults ...

Depression Linked to Later Vascular Dementia, Alzheimer’s

May 4th, 2013
Depression Linked to Later Vascular Dementia, Alzheimer'sA new study reveals that depression is associated with the later development of Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia -- a condition caused by blocked or reduced blood flow ...

Prevention Program Helps At-Risk Teen Girls

May 3rd, 2013
Prevention Program Helps At-Risk Teen Girls New research finds prevention programs which target teen girls at high risk for pregnancy can provide substantial benefit. Experts from the University of Minnesota School of Nursing found ...

Video Games May Stave Off Cognitive Decline

May 3rd, 2013
Video Games May Stave Off Cognitive Decline Researchers say playing a video game can help to prevent the natural loss of cognitive abilities that begin in ...

Child Abuse, Later PTSD Show Distinctive Genetic Signature

May 2nd, 2013
Child Abuse, Later PTSD Show Distinctive Genetic SignatureAn international team of researchers has determined that child abuse leaves a distinct change in biological pathways. Such discoveries have the ...

Could Your Nose Help Diagnose Schizophrenia?

April 30th, 2013
Could Your Nose Help Diagnose Schizophrenia?Despite the devastating effects of schizophrenia, it is often difficult to diagnose early. As with all mental disorders and many other diseases, mental health professionals rely on a ...