Psychiatry

Contemplating a new love can reduce pain by activating the same brain region that processes addictions and analgesic drugs. Cynthia Graber reports

Recent research explains how the deaf can have extraordinary sight. Christie Nicholson reports

Perpetually plugged-in youngsters are more likely to suffer poor psychological health. Although some experts recommend exercise to restore a sense of well-being, University of Bristol exercise researcher Angie Page says such extra activity may not balance the mental health equation

Priming our mind with thoughts of time or money influences our future behavior. Christie Nicholson reports

Psychologists have started testing augmented reality as an enhanced form of virtual reality therapy for specific phobias

A new study shows that the overheard half of cell phone dialogue can steal our attention from other tasks, with potentially dangerous outcomes

New case studies focus on rare illusory body perceptions that could answer questions about how we maintain a "self"

Differences in people's ability to gauge their own accuracy may be linked to having more volume--and more connections--in the prefrontal cortex

Elderly people with loss of executive function--lessening of inhibitions--are more likely to offer useful, but tactless, advice. Christopher Intagliata reports