A specific pattern of brain activity in a frontal brain region is linked to compulsive behaviors like excessive hand washing, chronic hair-pulling, and skin-picking in people with obsessive compulsive ...

A high-frequency brain signal in the frontal cortex is linked to OCD compulsions. Targeted deep brain stimulation rapidly reduced symptoms in severe cases.

A specific pattern of brain activity in a frontal brain region is linked to compulsive behaviors like excessive hand washing, chronic hair-pulling ...

Learning to read reshapes how the brain processes language. New research from Baycrest and the University of São Paulo shows that learning to read fundamentally changes how the brain responds to ...

Bad moments happen in life. Sometimes they create terrible decision outcomes. Mentalization may provide a healthy way to ...

Loneliness acts as more than a fleeting emotional state; it functions as a persistent filter that alters how the human brain ...

A new neuroimaging study suggests that adolescents with borderline personality disorder exhibit distinct patterns of brain ...

An “extraordinary” brain network discovery shows that Parkinson’s disease may not be a movement disorder after all ...

Consciousness has long been described as one of science's toughest puzzles. Researchers still do not fully understand how physical brain tissue gives ...

On a simple math task - indicating which of two amounts is greater - kids with math learning disability get the right answer ...