Distracted driving” laws mean fewer injuries, but haven’t solved the problem.
Category: research
Study Discovers Internal Trigger for Panic Attack in the Previously Fearless
An experiment involving a woman incapable of experiencing fear because of brain damage suggests a different path for signals generated by internal bodily stress like heart attacks.
A Seasonal Pattern to Mental Health
An analysis of Google search queries suggests that mental illnesses flourish in winter and decline in summer.
Revealing the scientific secrets of why people can’t stop after eating one potato chip
What happens in the brain to make music rewarding?
Most effective PTSD therapies are not being widely used, researchers find
Making fruit easier to eat increases sales and consumption in school cafeterias
The Brain: Our Food-Traffic Controller
Understanding how the brain responds to sweets may be our best hope for controlling obesity.
Diagnosing the Wrong Deficit
Could what looks like A.D.H.D. be a sleep disorder in disguise?
A New Way to Curb Drinking? Planting False (Bad) Memories of a Bender
Researchers are exploring the possibility that convincing drinkers they had a bad experience with liquor — even if they didn’t — could lead them to drink less.