Despite advances in neuroscience, the underlying biology of mental illness has remained elusive. The DSM-6 will attempt to integrate neurobiology into how clinicians diagnose and treat psychiatric con...

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ICE is spending millions on shock gloves designed to overpower subjects through intense, localized pain.

Photoreceptors perform their own internal waste recycling using lysosomal pathways regulated by the PIKfyve enzyme.

Editors: Jamie Cummins and Ruben C. ArslanPsychological Science invites submissions for a special issue on psychological science involving large language models. We welcome theoretically and empirical...

Right-wing Canadian media website ‘True North’ deletes interview with the founder of the Proud Boys after being contacted by PressProgress

Keith Thomas can move arms and hands, and feel sensation of touch after ‘double neural bypass’ and months of training

Psychology Professor Jodi Martin is pursuing a program that will help undergraduate psychology students – and maybe, eventually, students in other fields – better understand their post-graduation care...

Childhood maltreatment leaves profound and often unseen scars, affecting mental health, physical well-being, and social development long into adulthood.

Why do some people fall for fake health advice while others see right through it? A new study offers clues, revealing how analytical thinking and political leanings shape our ability to separate fact ...

Your reusable water bottle might look harmless—just a trusty sidekick for RV road trips, workouts, and around the house. But according to a recent Purdue

Early life adversity leaves system-wide epigenetic marks but challenges the assumption that trauma uniformly accelerates aging.

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A new study shows that eating ultra-processed foods is linked to a measurable drop in attention and a higher risk of developing dementia. Surprisingly, this happens even if a person otherwise maintain...

It’s possible to reduce your brain age by shifting the way you think. Science now documents that you can reset your brain clock by such low-tech means as drawing on the quiet power of meditation or ov...

Standard cognitive tests can be flawed by cultural and educational biases. Researchers argue that monitoring a patient's ability to perform daily routines offers a more practical, culturally adaptable...

A Fraser Valley naturopath who charged families thousands of dollars to give their autistic children pills and enemas made from human feces has agreed to give up his licence, after more than four year...

Ontario drinking water committees, formed following the Walkerton tragedy, face an uncertain future as conservation authorities amalgamate

Sorry, but you've got to stop waving people into traffic—and don't trust those who do, either

Your car just called the cops on you. Find out how smart tech is changing the nature of surveillance.

A potentially strong El Niño weather pattern will likely emerge this summer and persist through the rest of the year. The hottest years on record generally occur in years when El Niño is active.

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By probing the cellular and molecular processes that drive sleep, HHMI Investigator Amita Sehgal and her team are uncovering how snoozing helps ensure there’s a source of clean energy to power brain c...

Cars are too expensive, and people increasingly can’t afford them

Canada can draw lessons from its centuries-long coexistence with an often-erratic neighbour to successfully navigate the economic volatility of the present era.

Cognitive aging is often described in the context of loss or decline. Emerging research suggests that the story is more complex, with older adults showing both losses and gains in cognitive ability. With increasing age, declines in controlled, or fluid, cognition occur in the context of gains in cry …

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In 2023, neurologists at a memory clinic in China diagnosed a 19-year-old with what they believed to be Alzheimer's disease – making him the youngest person ever to be diagnosed with the condition.