Psychology / Psychiatry Stories
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How Financial Risk-Taking Affects Romantic Decisions
When it seems difficult to find a romantic partner, we humans are more likely to go for broke. -
Your Personality Resides In This Part Of The Brain
Personality dwells in the frontoparietal network of the brain. -
Chart Shows How A Child's Brain Should Grow, And Where It Goes Wrong
Just as pediatricians use growth charts, psychiatrists might create maturity charts for a child’s brain and look for abnormalities in mental development. -
Acid Trips May One Day Be Your Psychiatrist's Go-To Treatment
Under the influence of LSD, people’s brains show increased global connectivity, which in turn alters their sense of self. -
Feeling Guilt Is Hard After Playing Violent Video Games
Violent video games desensitize us so much that they take away our ability to feel guilty: study. -
Village Records 11 Suicide Attempts In One Day
Since last September, 101 people, including 11 in one day, have attempted suicide in the isolated Canadian community of Attawapiskat. -
Humans Get Aroused From Touching Robots' Private Areas
People became physiologically aroused when asked to touch the genitals of a robot, though not when touching its hands and feet. -
What LSD, 'Time Travel,' And Depression Treatment Have In Common
LSD causes decreased activity in the default mode network, which is active when you daydream or think about the past. -
New Anxiety Drugs Depend On…Fruit Flies?
Serotonin research on simple fruit flies might help illuminate the biological mechanisms underlying anxiety. -
A Woman's Risk Of Schizophrenia Affects Timing Of Her First Child
Women genetically predisposed to schizophrenia are more likely to have their first child at either an early age or a later age. -
We All Have Some Genes (And Traits) Linked To Autism
The genes underlying autism influence a range of traits that many people express, even if they're not considered to have the disorder. -
Anxiety Drug May Reduce Autism Symptoms In People With Jacobsen Syndrome
Clonazepam, a tranquilizer prescribed for seizures and anxiety, might reduce autistic symptoms in Jacobsen syndrome patients.
