Scientists have uncovered a striking brain difference linked to psychopathy: people with psychopathic traits were found to ...

Summary: Researchers have identified a specific signaling mechanism in brain immune cells that regulates anxiety and grooming ...

A research team from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology), in collaboration with the ...

Persistence is also central to the questions he studies. His work examines how the brain generates responses that unfold over ...

A battle is looming not just over privacy, but the future of the human species.

Broken or disrupted circuits in the brain contribute to many neurological disorders. A new custom-built biological "wire" ...

The timing of trauma determines adult behavioral outcomes like aggression or social anxiety by impacting specific ...

A research team from the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology), in collaboration with the IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini in Genoa (Italy), has demonstrated that ...

Dementia is more than memory loss, and rare types can affect vision, movement, and behavior. Recognizing these symptoms early ...

A recent study has identified how specific puberty hormones relate to the physical structure and functional wiring of the ...

Scientists have uncovered a hidden “stop-scratching” signal in the nervous system that tells your brain when enough scratching is enough. The discovery centers on a molecule called TRPV4, which acts ...

Habit helps take the mental load off figuring out how to get somewhere. But relying on the familiar can make it harder to ...