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Researchers say the inferior parietal lobe, thalamus and caudate play key roles in processing spiritual experiences.

Researchers propose a new communication model to explain how brain networks can be navigated to achieve efficient information transfer.

According to researchers, teenage girls who diet are more likely to embark on unhealthy behaviors, such as binge drinking, smoking and skipping meals.

Researchers have conducted a study of an iPhone app that screens young children for signs of autism. The study found the app was easy for parents to use and yielded reliable scientific data.

Researchers have developed a new neural interface that is able to relay commands from the central nervous system to a robotic prosthesis.

A pioneering ultrasound treatment could help treat hypothalamic hamartomas, a rare, benign mass in the brain that can cause epilepsy symptoms and unintentional giggling seizures.

Researchers reveal, contrary to popular belief, having an abortion does not increase a woman's risk of developing depression.

A new study sheds light on how priming may influence our attention to details.

A new study reveals how recognition and detection of basic emotions expressed by other people's faces alters when viewed centrally and in peripheral vision.

The mysterious substance may not just interact with other matter through gravity.

Could tardigrades outlive us all?

Protracted weight gain can, in some cases, be attributed to a reduced ability to metabolize fat, a new study shows. Sensitive individuals might need more intensive lifestyle changes if they are to avoid becoming overweig...

New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Copenhagen, Denmark shows that the quality of chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can be improved by using either a smartphone a...