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Eyes with lower pigment (blue or grey eyes) don’t need to absorb as much light as brown or dark eyes before this information reaches the retinal cells. This might provide light-eyed people with some resilience to SAD.
Pathogenic, self-propagating proteins called prions found in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s are also found in Down syndrome patients.
The findings of a recent study may help explain why some people are quicker to forget fearful memories.
Combining years of neurological research and mindfulness techniques, Dr. Heather Berlin helps us better understand how the body’s most complex organ can easily be misled into negative thinking – and how we can stop that from happening.
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More than a third of Americans don’t get enough sleep. Diet is an important, under-recognized culprit.
Psychedelics mess with our prior beliefs, and could help us see what forms these beliefs in the first place.
The smartest person in the world was Isaac Newton, a true polymath whose brilliance never has been, nor ever will be, surpassed.
Researchers believe they have found a single point mutation in an infection-sensing gene that causes the autoimmune disorder.
With any occupation comes a risk of health and safety hazards. When it comes to being Santa Claus, the challenges are unique.
Deep brain stimulation could represent a breakthrough in the treatment of mental health disorders like major depressive disorder.
Hundreds of these cannabis-related chemicals now exist, both natural and synthetic, inspiring researchers in search of medical breakthroughs.
Within the “Dark Triad” of personality traits, narcissism exists on a confidence spectrum.
The strange case of cultured ultra-thief Stéphane Breitwieser — who claims “art is my drug” — has divided opinion. Is it Stendhal syndrome?
Even though the brain is only 2% of our total body mass, it consumes up to 25% of our energy.
Something doesn’t add up.
Studies show talk therapy works, but experts disagree about how it does so. Finding the answer could help professionals and patients.
It’s perhaps never been harder to resist the urge to overspend.
Medical psychologist Catherine Monk explains how prenatal mental care benefits both mothers and babies.
Here’s what it means for the field.
If you think you know what sex, gender, and “the right thing to do” for trans youth and adults are, be sure it agrees with actual science.
We’ve made god-like figures out of hard-charging CEOs — but it’s a bad idea to get high on your own supply.
Adrie Kusserow, an anthropologist and scholar of Buddhism, shares how her study of the religion and its history has reshaped her view of the world — and herself.
Sex, it turns out, isn’t as easy or simple as popular culture might lead us to believe.
The ability is tied to mental health, consciousness, and memory in humans.
Stockholm Syndrome is the most famous of 10 psychological disorders named after world cities. Most relate to tourism or hostage-taking.
We don’t yet know if these strange “obelisks” are helpful or harmful.
The idea that the news can make you sick has a long history.
It’s not a huge leap to imagine we could target the biological processes that mediate our behaviours.
The potential new drug is in a class of its own, as it works differently than any other antidepressant on the market.