Psychology / Psychiatry Stories
When it seems difficult to find a romantic partner, we humans are more likely to go for broke.
Personality dwells in the frontoparietal network of the brain.
Just as pediatricians use growth charts, psychiatrists might create maturity charts for a child’s brain and look for abnormalities in mental development.
Under the influence of LSD, people’s brains show increased global connectivity, which in turn alters their sense of self.
Violent video games desensitize us so much that they take away our ability to feel guilty: study.
Since last September, 101 people, including 11 in one day, have attempted suicide in the isolated Canadian community of Attawapiskat.
People became physiologically aroused when asked to touch the genitals of a robot, though not when touching its hands and feet.
LSD causes decreased activity in the default mode network, which is active when you daydream or think about the past.
Serotonin research on simple fruit flies might help illuminate the biological mechanisms underlying anxiety.
Women genetically predisposed to schizophrenia are more likely to have their first child at either an early age or a later age.
The genes underlying autism influence a range of traits that many people express, even if they're not considered to have the disorder.
Clonazepam, a tranquilizer prescribed for seizures and anxiety, might reduce autistic symptoms in Jacobsen syndrome patients.