Neuroscience

We may be underestimating how much pain babies feel when they are under stress

Users must decide if the benefits of these sites outweigh their costs, but can that decision be made freely if social networking sites are potentially addictive?

New findings suggest it is more complicated than scientists thought

Superior IQs are associated with mental and physical disorders, research suggests

The brain’s natural opioids may also play a role in eating and energy balance

How much should we worry?

One aspect of risk behavior in adolescents appears to be an apparent inability to match their behavior to the likely rewards (or punishments) that might follow

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

More “prosocial” brains are more prone to depression, study suggests

Nearly 90 years old, electroconvulsive therapy can rescue some people, but not others, from depression, bipolar and other mental disorders

Studying whale and dolphin anatomy and behavior could offer insights into human evolution