Mind & Brain
Hoarders Have Their Own Category of Disorder
A recent study finds evidence for why hoarders might be considered separate from those suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder. Christie Nicholson reports
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Mind & Brain
The Biological Response to Beauty and Ugliness in Art [Excerpt]
Eric Kandel's latest book, The Age of Insight, explores the intersection of neuroscience, psychoanalysis and art
Health
The Science Behind Your Health
The Science of Staying Well
Evolution
Lambs on the Lam Suggest Selfishness Motivates Herd Behavior
Sheep, a dog and GPS tracking reveal evolutionary rules behind sociality
Neuroscience
Does Thinking Really Hard Burn More Calories?
Unlike physical exercise, mental workouts probably do not demand significantly more energy than usual. Believing we have drained our brains, however, may be enough to induce weariness
Mind & Brain
Early Intervention Could Help Autistic Children Learn to Speak
Follow-up study shows long-term language improvement for kids with autism after an intensive, targeted behavioral therapy program
Technology
Implantable Devices Could Detect and Halt Epileptic Seizures
Electrical stimulation, brain "cooling" and drug-delivery devices are all being developed as antiseizure tools
Mind & Brain
What the Supercool Arctic Ground Squirrel Teaches Us about the Brain's Resilience
During hibernation, the ground squirrel's brain loses many vital neural connections, but it has evolved a way to recuperate. Understanding that process might help scientists treat Alzheimer's...
Biology
How Nuclear Fallout Casts Doubt on Renewal of Some Adult Brain Cells
A unique form of carbon dating, made possible by the Cold War, suggests that new neurons rarely survive in the human olfactory bulb after birth
Neuroscience
A New Science Kit Lets Teens Watch Neurons as They Fire
An educational entrepreneur talks about teaching neuroscience to high school students
Biotech
With Willpower, and a Jolt of Electricity, Paralyzed Rats Learn to Walk Again
A new kind of rehabilitation restored voluntary movement to rats with severely damaged spinal cords
Mind & Brain
Blinks Reveal What Toddlers Think
Eyeblinks reveal what autistic toddlers pay attention to
Mind & Brain
Mind-Pops: Psychologists Begin to Study an Unusual form of Proustian Memory
Sudden, unannounced memories might help people make connections between disparate ideas more quickly—but they might also be the building blocks of hallucinations
Health
Self-Worth Shattering: A Single Bomb Blast Can Saddle Soldiers with Debilitating Brain Trauma
Brain tissue from deceased military veterans exposed to explosions shows signs of the same neurodegenerative brain disorder that strikes football players who have sustained multiple concussions...
Biology
The Football Concussion Crisis
NFL Hall of Famer Harry Carson joins former NBC anchor Stone Phillips and pathologist Bennet Omalu for a discussion of chronic traumatic encephalopathy among football players. Recorded May 12th at the Ensemblestudiotheatre.org, site of the new play Headstrong about the brain injury issue...
Mind & Brain
Does Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Require Trauma?
Revisiting the role of trauma in PTSD
Mind & Brain
The Neuroscience of Habits: How They Form and How to Change Them [Excerpt]
Charles Duhigg's new book The Power of Habit draws on neuroscience and psychology to explain how habits form, how to promote good habits and how to break bad ones
Health
Tetris Shown to Lessen PTSD and Flashbacks
The visual-spatial demands of playing Tetris disrupt the formation of the mental imagery involved in flashbacks
Biology
The Rue Age: Older Adults Disengage from Regrets, Young People Fixate on Them
New research suggests that elderly brains are less susceptible to regret than are the brains of the young and depressed
Mind & Brain
Mood Drug Can Both Cause and Relieve Anxiety
Hormone's opposite effects underscore the complexities of mood disorders
