For more than a century, clinical investigators have focused on early life as a source of adult psychopathology. Although the hypothesized mechanisms have evolved, a central notion remains: early life is a period of unique sensitivity during which experience confers enduring effects...
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August 19, 2010
Early Life Influences Risk For Psychiatric Disorders
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August 16, 2010
Developmental Origins of Numerical Cognition
Nearly everyone has heard of developmental dyslexia – a learning disorder characterized by poor reading skills despite otherwise sufficient schooling – but have you heard of developmental dyscalculia? Many people have not. Today begins a week-long series on this lesser-known learning disorder. First, we’ll consider some potentially innate mechanisms of numerical cognition that g
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November 10, 2009
Theory About Long And Short-term Memory Challenged By New Research
The long-held theory that our brains use different mechanisms for forming long-term and short-term memories has been challenged by new research.
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October 29, 2009
Q&A: Chronic Pain and Mood Disorders—Identifying and Understanding Shared Neurophysiological Mechanisms
An interview with Vladimir Maletic, MD, PA
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July 20, 2009
Neuropsychological Perspectives On The Mechanisms Of Imitation
For over a century neurologists and psychologists have investigated how the human brain processes and controls the imitation of gestures, and looked for differences depending on whether the gestures were meaningful, such as grabbing an object, or meaningless, on the goal of the action, and on the body part used. Recent neuropsychological findings both in healthy subjects and brain-damaged pa
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May 21, 2009
New Path For Cocaine Addiction Research
Cocaine is one of the oldest drugs known to humans, and its abuse has become widespread since the end of the 19th century. At the same time, we know rather little about its effects on the human brain or the mechanisms that lead to cocaine addiction. The latest article by Dr.
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May 20, 2009
Cocaine: Perceived As A Reward By The Brain?
Scientists demonstrate a link between cocaine and the reward circuits in the brain and also associates the susceptibility to addiction with these mechanisms.
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May 1, 2009
Mechanisms Of Self-control Pinpointed In Brain
When you're on a diet, deciding to skip your favorite calorie-laden foods and eat something healthier takes a whole lot of self-control -- an ability that seems to come easier to some of us than others. Now, scientists have uncovered differences in the brains of people who are able to exercise self-control versus those who find it almost impossible.
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