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Recording the cats in the hats: In a world first, veterinary scientists have found a way to scan the brains of cats while they’re awake, using electrodes concealed under specially knitted wool caps, electrodes that cats normally shake off when being tested for chronic pain.

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Research found not only are the physiological responses of older couples to environmental stress linked in the moment, but this association persists after four years, suggesting that the psychosocial and physiological state of each partner has long-term impacts on the other

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Children from low-income families who got intensive education early in life treat others with high levels of fairness in midlife, more than 40 years later, even when being fair comes at a high personal cost, according to a new study published today in Nature Communications.

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Cannabis: it matters how young you start - Researchers find that boys who start smoking pot before 15 are much more likely to have a drug problem at 28 than those who start at 15 or after, according to new research (n=1,030) in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.

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Video games can be beneficial or detrimental to your brain depending on the navigation strategy and the genre of the game, neuroscientists show in new study

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Broken pebbles offer clues to Paleolithic funeral rituals

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The first humans arrived in North America a lot earlier than believed

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Adolescents who smoke marijuana as early as 14 do worse by 20 on some cognitive tests and drop out of school at a higher rate than non-smokers

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Self-help books - stressed readers or stressful reading: Consumers of self-help books are more sensitive to stress and show higher depressive symptomatology, according to a new study

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Men's diets are related to local offerings, unlike women's

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Stone Age man wasn't necessarily more advanced than the Neanderthals

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Targeted brain training may help you multitask better: The area of the brain involved in multitasking and ways to train it have been identified

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ADHD, substance abuse and conduct disorder develop from the same neurocognitive deficits

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Recording the cats in the hats: In a world first, veterinary scientists have found a way to scan the brains of cats while they’re awake, using electrodes concealed under specially knitted wool caps, electrodes that cats normally shake off when being tested for chronic pain.

Behavioural therapy and sleep: a lifeline for night workers

A new way Ebola replicates

Research found not only are the physiological responses of older couples to environmental stress linked in the moment, but this association persists after four years, suggesting that the psychosocial and physiological state of each partner has long-term impacts on the other

In a scientific first, researchers have established a close link between brain activity and a maturation process called cortical thinning, this uncover how the brain matures in adolescence

Researchers discovered a way to reactivate dormant cells in the retina of mice to restore vision, without the need for transplantation

A new surgery gives quadriplegic patients the use of their hands and arms

A step forward in understanding Fragile X syndrome, a cause of autism

Two exoplanets identified as twin ‘water worlds’, each enveloped with water vapor

The unique way that ground squirrels burn almost no energy when they hibernate – with no loss of muscle mass – has implications for space travel, new study finds.

Harsh parenting practices, such as repeatedly getting angry, hitting, shaking or yelling at children, is linked with smaller brain structures in adolescence, finds a new study

Watching a lot of porn: not a mental-health issue

Difference between people with autism and rest of the population is shrinking

Five- and six-year-old boys and girls who are inattentive in kindergarten are more likely to report lower incomes when they reach 33 to 35 years of age, finds a new study (n=2,850)

Children from low-income families who got intensive education early in life treat others with high levels of fairness in midlife, more than 40 years later, even when being fair comes at a high personal cost, according to a new study published today in Nature Communications.

Cannabis: it matters how young you start - Researchers find that boys who start smoking pot before 15 are much more likely to have a drug problem at 28 than those who start at 15 or after, according to new research (n=1,030) in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.

Adolescents who are frequent marijuana users are at increased risk of having recurrent psychotic-like experiences, according to a new study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Video games can be beneficial or detrimental to your brain depending on the navigation strategy and the genre of the game, neuroscientists show in new study

Broken pebbles offer clues to Paleolithic funeral rituals

The first humans arrived in North America a lot earlier than believed

Adolescents who smoke marijuana as early as 14 do worse by 20 on some cognitive tests and drop out of school at a higher rate than non-smokers

Self-help books - stressed readers or stressful reading: Consumers of self-help books are more sensitive to stress and show higher depressive symptomatology, according to a new study

Men's diets are related to local offerings, unlike women's

Stone Age man wasn't necessarily more advanced than the Neanderthals

Targeted brain training may help you multitask better: The area of the brain involved in multitasking and ways to train it have been identified

ADHD, substance abuse and conduct disorder develop from the same neurocognitive deficits