Inflammation in the hippocampus—the brain's memory center—significantly alters motivation and behavior in mice, including food-seeking behavior, with notable differences between males and females, a ...

Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo changes in the brain that could lead to additional addictive behavior and tendencies, finds a new study by UCL researchers. The findings, published in ...

A firm handshake used to be all a job candidate needed to make a good first impression, but today a growing number of firms ...

For centuries, people have believed the full moon has the power to influence human behavior, emotions, sleep, and even physical well-being. Ancient civilizations associated it with heightened ...

A brain aneurysm itself, the diagnosis and treatment process, and the knowledge of having an unruptured brain aneurysm may all affect a person’s mood and behavior. An unruptured brain aneurysm is a ...

Most environmental scientists believe that chemical pollution can and is negatively affecting people and wildlife, according to my team's recent survey. We surveyed 166 environmental scientists across ...

Observational learning is a powerful way to acquire new skills and behaviors simply by watching others. This process involves observing, retaining, and later replicating the actions of others, making ...

In a new study, Northwestern University neurobiologists discovered that gut bacteria and the nose work together to shape social behavior in mice, including who fights and who backs down. Using a ...

Researchers at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; MA, USA) have mapped the entire serotonergic system of a model organism, Caenorhabditis ...

In psychology, openness is part of the Big Five personality traits, reflecting a person's eagerness for novelty and creative thought. Individuals high in openness are usually imaginative and ...