Psychiatry

The adult brain generates neurons every day. These cells help us to distinguish one memory from another—a finding that could lead to novel treatments for anxiety disorders

Depressed people gauge time more accurately

Common antidepressants may also affect learning and digestion

Targeting metacognition—our beliefs about thoughts—might alleviate mood disorders and even schizophrenia

Despite its popularity, opinions on acupuncture are divided

Prescription painkillers, antidepressants and other brain drugs have gender-specific effects

Philosophers have debated for years whether we deliberately make each of the many decisions we make every day, or if our brain does it for us, on autopilot.

You can read the study itself here, plus a very comprehensive discussion of reactions to the study here. 1. If you intend to publish your research in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, you are expected to have conducted that research with the appropriate ethical oversight.

Alexander Shulgin, chemist and renowned psychonaut who acquainted the world with the drug MDMA - or Ecstasy - died Monday evening at his home in Lafayette, Calif.

Mafiosi incarcerated in Italy scored lower than the threshold level for psychopathy on a standard test whereas half the run-of-the-mill inmates qualified as psychopaths. Allie Wilkinson reports

 

Squabbling with your spouse lately? Someday, couples therapy could mean watching your own brain activity to train your compassionate side

New advances in changing memories show the field could hold great promise for both therapy and theory of memory