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Acquired brain injuries affect many children each year. They include brain injuries related to stroke, trauma (e.g., blows to the head), prematurity, cardiac arrest and other ways that oxygen to the brain is reduced or cut off, and infections.…
Exciting new research published in MRS Bulletin reveals how quantum materials are being used within the field of neuroscience to demystify the inner workings of the human brain.
Written on behalf of the study investigators Loretta Norton, Raechelle M. Gibson, Teneille Gofton, Carolyn Benson, Sonny Dhanani, Sam D. Shemie, Laura Hornby, Roxanne Ward, and G.…
Personality Neuroscience is inspired by the major developments in cognitive neuroscience that have taken place over the past decades, especially those that have revealed the considerable inter-individual variability in relationships between neural circuits and behaviour.…
The lab of Dean Mobbs Ph.D. uses a mixture of brain-imaging, computational modeling and behavioral techniques to probe the neurobiological systems responsible for fear and anxiety.…
Robert F. Krueger, Ph.D., is Hathaway Distinguished Professor, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, and Director of Clinical Training in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota.…
Colin DeYoung is Professor at University of Minnesota, USA. His research focuses broadly on the structure and sources of personality, attempting to discover the relations among different personality traits and the neurobiological systems that influence them.…
The authors of Multiple Possible Inaccuracies Cast Doubt on a Recent Report Suggesting Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors to be Toxic and Ineffective discuss their Open Access article which was published in Acta Neuropsychiatrica. Having been used as antidepressants for decades, and currently used by 7-10% of the population in many countries, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are unusually well-tried drugs.…
What happens to your cognitive processes when your arousal levels increase? Quite often, the effects are striking, but mixed. For instance, seeing an arousing object such as a gun tends to enhance memory for that object but impair memory for everything around it.…
On the basis of molecule levels in the blood, researchers can predict the risk of developing postpartum depression at an early stage.…
The development of physical aggression in toddlers is strongly associated with genetic factors and to a lesser degree with the environment, according to a new study led by Eric Lacourse of the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine Hospital.…
From January 2014, International Psychogeriatrics will be choosing a paper of the month. It is selected by the editorial team to point out a review or an original contribution which they think should be of great interest to most readers.…