Men Experience More Emotional Pain During Breakups
A new study of online relationship support finds that men tend to experience emotional pain more than women when their relationship takes a turn for the worse.
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Hormone links exercise with cognitive benefits
Exercise may benefit brain health and improve cognitive performance during aging. It’s also associated with reduced Alzheimer’s disease risk and cognitive decline.
Study Shows How Taking Short Breaks May Help Our Brains Learn New Skills
NIH scientists discover that the resting brain repeatedly replays compressed memories of what was just practiced In a study of healthy volunteers, National Institutes of Health researchers have mapped out the brain activity that flows when we learn a new skill, such as playing a new song on the piano, and discovered why taking short … Read more
Clinical Trials: Information for Participants
Clinical research trials are at the heart of all medical advances. Researchers enroll women, men, and children in clinical trials to test new ways to prevent, detect, or treat disease.
Brief sleep intervention provides enduring benefits to children with ADHD
The impact of brief sleep interventions in youth with both ADHD and sleep difficulties.
Can teens with ADHD tell when they are on medication?
Adolescents frequently stop taking medication, and by age 18, less than 10% continue to take it. This is problematic given that symptoms often persist into young adulthood.
Does the brain create reality?
Perception is not a reliable copy of the external world, but only part of it composed by external stimuli, while the rest is constructed by the brain.
Bipolar Disorders
Download PDF Download ePub Order a free hardcopy En Español Do you feel very happy and outgoing—or very irritable—on some days, but unusually sad or anxious on other days? Do the “up†periods go along with increased energy or activity? Do the “downs†go along with low energy, hopelessness, or inability to enjoy what you … Read more
Physical Activity May Protect Against New Episodes of Depression
Increased levels of physical activity can significantly reduce the odds of depression, even among people who are genetically predisposed to the condition