Nicotine receptors found to play key role in social behaviors
Scientists say that the nicotine receptors in the brain play an important role in social interactions and the ability to…
IT-rich region revealed to be autism hotspot
Cambridge University researchers have found that autism diagnoses are more common in IT-rich regions, a finding that has important implications…
Alzheimer’s risk gene begins disrupting brain 50 years before disease hits
Degeneration of myelin in the brain’s white-matter fiber pathways is increasingly considered to be a key component of Alzheimer’s disease…
Researchers speculate that hormonal imbalances might create geniuses
The discussion about whether genius is a byproduct of good genes or good environment may take an entirely new direction,…
Text messaging modifying our emotional responses
Experiments by German psychologists indicate that text messaging is subtly changing the way our brains respond to certain number combinations.…
Brain’s neurons found to communicate via electric fields
Neurons in the brain had been thought to communicate exclusively via the physical connections that are known as synapses, but…
Couples’ language use predicts relationship success
People tend to be attracted to, and have relationships with, other people who resemble themselves in terms of personality, values,…
Fear of spiders, snakes is learnt… very quickly
A new meta-study appearing in Current Directions in Psychological Science reviews research with infants and toddlers, and finds that we…