How Nobel Prize-winning optogenetics has revolutionized neuroscience
The technique enables neuroscientists to target brain circuits with unprecedented specificity, transforming the study of memory, reward and more.
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The technique enables neuroscientists to target brain circuits with unprecedented specificity, transforming the study of memory, reward and more.
Is your screen time helping or hurting your happiness? A psychologist explains 3 research-backed habits for finding your healthy middle ground online.
Long before he became famous as the author of The Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt was a social psychologist whose work revolutionized the field. In this episode of The Permanent Questions, taped in front of a
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AOTEAROA, NEW ZEALAND – With one week to go until Mental Health Awareness Week 2026 during 12–18 October, the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand (MHF) is calling on people across the country to ...
“Well, ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorders, so it’s actually has a genetic basis to it. The development of the brain is to miss wired a little bit. And it’s the alerting system in the brain that ...
The Trump administration is moving to restart the LGBTQ+ option for youth who call the 988 crisis intervention hotline after pressure from advocates and members of the state’s ...
Male managers who have a first daughter tend to hire more women and raise female employees' share of earnings, according to new research. The shift happens almost immediately and has no detectable impact on company…
Exclusive: Authorities are failing to notify family, friends and outreach workers before burying strangers in shared plots, a Guardian Australia investigation revealsHundreds of Australians, including war veterans, are…
New research led by the University of Oxford and supported by Medical Research UK and Arthritis UK highlights the importance of regular mental health assessments and greater support for teenagers living with chronic…
Postpartum mental health struggles deserve compassion and care. Learn how Christians and churches can recognize warning signs and support new mothers.
Insurance verification. Before admission, a provider should be able to verify insurance benefits, explain what is covered, and give a realistic picture of out-of-pocket costs. Families comparing drug ...
A new study reveals how dopamine and insulin receptors interact in the brain's emotional center to regulate compulsive eating. These findings offer biological clues to the strong link between food addiction and metabolic…
Fentanyl is no longer the only substance keeping addiction clinicians up at night. Some of the newest threats are being sold not by dealers, but at gas stations, smoke shops and online. From potent ...
You’ve been told you must love yourself before you can love others? This two-step approach is misguided. Instead, embrace the trilateral dance of love.
There is the fear that there might either be a message that keeps you checking your phones or rapidly scrolling past chat list as you dread seeing an unread message and actually seeing it means the ...
Stimulating the vagus nerve after practice helped mice develop stronger long-term motor learning, revealing a potentially important window when the brain is still locking in a new skill. The effect was linked to rhythmic…
Key TakeawaysDaily habits like staying inactive, overidentifying with work, and using substances may be linked with anxiety.Goals that focus on positive outcomes may be more successful than goals ...
Montgomery County launched the new SafetyNet portal — a communitywide database that local leaders in government and healthcare say will help connect residents to resources when they’re in crisis.
Fairfax Behavioral Health expanded its outpatient operations to Lynnwood, opening a brand-new facility that will expand access to services.
Evolutionary psychologists have often argued that richer, more egalitarian societies amplify innate differences between men and women. However, two decades-long studies of Americans suggest otherwise, finding that rising…
The Victorian opposition has promised a “mental health reset” to overhaul and improve the state’s struggling sector five years on from the royal commission.
A focus on how we engage with social media—not just how long we spend on it—is key to analyzing the impact on mental health, a new study warns.
A University of Florida study links glucosamine supplements to faster cognitive decline in people with mild cognitive impairment and higher mortality in those with dementia, though researchers caution ...
New research co-authored by Justin Anker, Ph.D., of the University of Minnesota Medical School is the largest survey of mental health among actively licensed lawyers to date and provides the first ...
Popular culture often depicts people with psychopathy as cold, emotionless and hollow, but a recent University of Mississippi study found that the ...
US psychiatrist and neurologist Karl Deisseroth and his German colleagues Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have been awarded for their work.
Watching footage of local retail crime prompted liberal voters to adopt stricter, more conservative criminal justice policies. However, a recent psychological experiment reveals that these fear-induced policy shifts did…
A blood test that can cheaply detect the disease. Promising new treatments. These developments are game changers.
A key message throughout the seminar was that mental health is deeply interconnected with teaching and learning and must be recognised as an integral part of ...
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