Stories by Lydia Denworth

A rigorous new paper uses a new scientific approach that shows the panic over teen screen time is likely overstated

Strong relationships seem to help baboons overcome early life adversity, and that could have big implications for human health

A new discovery shows how sound waves become brain waves—it may help find new therapies for the deaf

A new study shows election politics pushed Americans to cut family festivities short in 2016

In a new book a clinical psychologist describes patients who developed consuming romantic obsessions

A mouse study deconstructs for the first time a neural circuit underlying a complex social behavior

Social scientists have begun to close in on new ways to stop people from taking their own lives

An early experiment demonstrates the shutting down of a faulty gene

New insights into the underpinnings of empathy might help us harness the emotion—just when we need it the most

The prospect of focusing the beams without destroying tissue might someday diagnose or even restore faulty brain circuits 

A new study uses brain imaging to separate those who think about and even attempt suicide from those who don’t 

The debate over whether men and women have meaningfully different brains could have profound implications for health and personal identity

Researchers delving into genetics, social networks and animal behavior are discovering how friendship affects our health and well-being—and how it played a part in our evolutionary story

A long-overlooked system of nerves that respond to gentle strokes may be crucial to our ability to form connections with one another

New methods for growing and transplanting cells offer hope for treating Parkinson’s and other degenerative diseases

Stem cell therapy is emerging as a promising treatment for Parkinson's disease

Playing violent video games can sharpen our focus, reasoning and decision-making skills. But do we really need the weapons?