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By Karen Schrock Simring | 18 hours ago | 8
The brain's electrical storms may originate in nonelectrical cells
By Melinda Wenner Moyer | May 23, 2013
Blood vessels break down if certain glial cells are not present
By Melinda Wenner Moyer | May 21, 2013 | 1
China's one-child policy has affected the personalities of a generation of only children
By Carrie Arnold | May 20, 2013 | 9
Why your doctor might give you an antidepressant to treat your migraines
By Luciana Gravotta | May 13, 2013 | 7
Shortcomings include the focus on just one type of cell and on activity rather than neuronal network architecture
May 2, 2013 | 11
By Sunny Sea Gold | Apr 28, 2013 | 1
Glial activity reveals how sleep deprivation elevates mood
By David Levine | Apr 26, 2013 | 27
Minds are less replicable than physical traits, according to young kids
By Daisy Yuhas | Apr 25, 2013 | 4
By R. Douglas Fields | Apr 23, 2013 | 5
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New insights into the relentless exhaustion suffered by people with a rare disorder may help treat several sleep conditions
By Andrea Anderson | Apr 9, 2013 | 1
Dozing immediately after trauma might make the memories worse
By Tori Rodriguez | Apr 8, 2013 | 1
Traumatic memories persist when our nighttime memory-erasing process fails
By Stephani Sutherland | Apr 8, 2013 | 3
Touching the soft material may bring back positive memories
By Tori Rodriguez | Apr 4, 2013 | 5
People who believe that TV relationships are realistic are less likely to stay true to their spouse
By Monica Rozenfeld | Apr 3, 2013 | 3
Mirror neurons distinguish between those we like and those we do not
By Daisy Yuhas | Apr 2, 2013 | 10
As our understanding of mental illness grows, the diagnostic manual gets an update
By Ferris Jabr | Apr 1, 2013
Chronic pain and anxiety may prematurely age our DNA
By Tori Rodriguez | Apr 1, 2013 | 5
By Ian Chant | Apr 1, 2013
Our instinct is to give, until we think about it logically
By Michele Solis | Mar 31, 2013 | 4
Eating together might not be as magical as researchers thought
By Carrie Arnold | Mar 26, 2013 | 8
When to empathize and when to see things through another's eyes
By Matthew Hutson | Mar 25, 2013 | 3
By Daisy Yuhas | Mar 21, 2013 | 3
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