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Researchers Pinpoint Fear of Heights in the Brain

Active Kids Have Healthier Brains

Night Owl Chronotypes in a Morning Lark World

This Is Why You Get Zoom Fatigue

Feeling Scared and Anxious During the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Normal. Here’s Why.

*This story earned an honorable mention in SciShortform’s Best Shortform Science Writing: January-June 2020

What the Brain of a 104-Year-Old Nun Taught Us About Vascular Dementia

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes — And Hurts Your Brain

Rethinking Serotonin’s Role in Depression

Can Special Fonts Help People With Dyslexia?

Are We Losing the War on Nicotine Addiction?

The Changing Face of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

The Depression Gender Gap

How Pregnancy Changes the Brain

The Postpartum Is a ‘Perfect Storm’ for Depression

Do People With Dyslexia Read and Write Backwards?

How Does Fasting Affect the Brain?

Suicide in America

Do Hurt Feelings Actually Hurt?

What Can Animals Sense That We Can't?

Society for Neuroscience

Similar brain connectivity during rest, tasks linked to better mental performance

Maternal inflammation boosts serotonin, impairs fetal brain development in mice

Evaluating animal threats and human intentions uses common brain network

Sensation-seeking may be linked to brain anatomy

Drug prevents key age-related brain change in rats

Learning a second language may depend on the strength of brain's connections

Men’s Health

Java Junkies

What’s the best over-the-counter cough remedy?

Gear To Go

Make Your Own Fresh Spring Rolls

Know Your Numbers

Pitt Med

When MRSA Came to Her Door

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Octopuses on MDMA Hint at the Evolution of Social Behavior

Testing the Tingles: The Science Behind ASMR

How Smartphones Hijack the Brain

The Search for the Engram: Where Memory Lives in the Brain

How Ketamine Changed Our Understanding of Depression and Mental Health

How Microdosing Psychedelic Drugs Affects Mental Health

Kids Need Brain Breaks — And So Do Adults

Noise Pollution Isn’t Just Annoying — It’s Bad for Your Health

Natural Disasters Take a Toll on Mental Health

What Brain Banks Can Teach Us About Alzheimer's

How Your Brain Keeps You From Running Into Walls

Do Antidepressants During Pregnancy Affect Fetal Brain Development?

How Poverty Shapes a Child's Mind and Brain

Resetting the Brain's Clock

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