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Red Brain, Blue Brain: Republicans and Democrats Process Risk Differently, Research Finds
February 13, 2013 — A team of political scientists and neuroscientists has shown that liberals and conservatives use different parts of the brain when they make risky decisions, and these regions can be used to predict ... > full story -
Threat Bias Interacts With Combat, Gene to Boost PTSD Risk
February 13, 2013 — Soldiers preoccupied with threat at the time of enlistment or with avoiding it just before deployment were more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), in a study of Israeli ... > full story -
Blood May Hold Clues to Risk of Memory Problems After Menopause
February 13, 2013 — New research suggests that blood may hold clues to whether post-menopausal women may be at an increased risk for areas of brain damage that can lead to memory problems and possibly increased risk of ... > full story -
Cocaine Addiction Study Reveals Targets for Treatment
February 13, 2013 — Scientists are researching cocaine addiction, part of a widespread problem, which, along with other addictions, costs billions of dollars in damage to individuals, families, and society. Laboratory ... > full story -
Neural Basis for Benefits of Meditation
February 13, 2013 — Mindfulness meditation training in awareness of present moment experience, such as body and breath sensations, prevents depression and reduces distress in chronic pain. Scientists have now proposed a ... > full story -
How Unconscious Processing Improves Decision-Making
February 13, 2013 — When faced with a difficult decision, it is often suggested to "sleep on it" or take a break from thinking about the decision to gain clarity. But new brain imaging research finds that the brain ... > full story -
Why Some People Don't Learn Well: EEG Shows Insufficient Processing of Information to Be Learned
February 13, 2013 — The reason why some people are worse at learning than others has been revealed. Researchers have discovered that the main problem is not that learning processes are inefficient per se, but that the ... > full story -
Some Autism Behaviors Linked to Altered Gene
February 12, 2013 — Scientists have identified a genetic mutation that may underlie common behaviors seen in some people with autism, such as difficulty communicating and resistance to ... > full story -
Early Music Lessons Boost Brain Development
February 12, 2013 — Musical training before the age of seven has a significant effect on the development of the brain, showing that those who began early had stronger connections between motor regions -- the parts of ... > full story -
Vascular Brain Injury Greater Risk Factor Than Amyloid Plaques in Cognitive Aging
February 11, 2013 — Vascular brain injury from conditions such as high blood pressure and stroke are greater risk factors for cognitive impairment among non-demented older people than is the deposition of the amyloid ... > full story
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