IS YOUR sex life more flat than fire? The reason could be closer than you think. In fact, it could be sitting in your ...

Compulsive behavior results from too much self-control caused by brain inflammation, not just habit. Anti-inflammatory ...

A new study suggests that dementia may be driven in part by faulty blood flow in the brain. Researchers found that losing a ...

ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

For over a century, Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been considered irreversible. Consequently, research has focused on disease ...

What is the neuropsychological basis for the brain's ever-changing contextualized goals? I explore this question from the perspective of the Affect Management Framework (AMF).

The question of whether invasive or noninvasive methods provide the best possible outcomes for patients with ...

Chronic sleep deprivation acts as a systemic stressor, elevating risks for cardiovascular disease and metabolic dysregulation while impairing cognitive function.

Unfinished tasks occupy your brain differently than completed ones. Discover why "done" matters more than "perfect"—and how to engineer closure.

A team of UChicago psychology researchers used fMRI scans to learn why certain moments carry such lasting power ...

Scientists say their new insights into how a key brain protein works could help resolve a long-standing question in molecular ...

A long-held view is that compulsive behaviors involve individuals getting stuck in a "habit loop" that overrides self-control, but new research in rats from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) ...