What really causes addiction — to everything from cocaine to alcohol to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann…
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A team led by researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) this week publishes in PNAS a new analysis of data…
Deep behind each of your temples are two small arcs of brain tissue known as the amygdala. Whenever we encounter…
If you’re the kind of person who can’t help but flip a light switch on and off a few times before…
A new global interdisciplinary study has discovered that persistent depression shrinks the brain’s hippocampus –- the headquarters of our emotional…
A brand new 2-part study by neuroscientists from Duke University has led to a fascinating discovery which now allows scientists to…
Six months ago Charlie Rose and his colleague, Nobel Prize-winning brain scientist, Eric Kandel, began planning their latest instalment of…