'It's my brain's fault': Why teenagers often make less than optimal decisions

byPublic Library of ScienceAge-dependent decreases in sub-optimal and 'noisy' decisions associated with improved higher-level cognitive and planning skills. Created with Adobe Illustrato

Updated on: November 24,2024

'It's my brain's fault': Why teenagers often make less than optimal decisions

byPublic Library of ScienceAge-dependent decreases in sub-optimal and 'noisy' decisions associated with improved higher-level cognitive and planning skills. Created with Adobe Illustrato

Updated on:November 24,2024

Problem gamblers' brains rely on slow learning, increasing losses: Study

by Cynthia Eller,California Institute of TechnologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainCaltech's John O'Doherty is on a quest to understand how human brains make decisions: how they gather

Updated on: January 11,2025

Problem gamblers' brains rely on slow learning, increasing losses: Study

by Cynthia Eller,California Institute of TechnologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainCaltech's John O'Doherty is on a quest to understand how human brains make decisions: how they gather

Updated on:January 11,2025

Study finds creativity camp improves adolescent mental health, well-being

by Alex Smith,University of Minnesota Medical SchoolCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn researchpublishedinChild Psychiatry and Human Development, a research team led by the Un

Updated on: November 25,2024

Study finds creativity camp improves adolescent mental health, well-being

by Alex Smith,University of Minnesota Medical SchoolCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn researchpublishedinChild Psychiatry and Human Development, a research team led by the Un

Updated on:November 25,2024

Home and neighborhood environments impact sedentary behavior in teens globally

byUniversity of California - San DiegoCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe World Health Organization recommends no more than two to three hours per day of sedentary time for youth. However, ado

Updated on: December 22,2024

Home and neighborhood environments impact sedentary behavior in teens globally

byUniversity of California - San DiegoCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe World Health Organization recommends no more than two to three hours per day of sedentary time for youth. However, ado

Updated on:December 22,2024

Muscle-building supplements linked to body image disorder in young adults

Updated on: April 19,2025

Muscle-building supplements linked to body image disorder in young adults

Updated on:April 19,2025

Uncovering factors that drive depression after a stroke

byGeorgetown University Medical CenterCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAfter a stroke, many people develop depression that is driven by factors including cognitive difficulties, a lack of socia

Updated on: November 06,2024

Uncovering factors that drive depression after a stroke

byGeorgetown University Medical CenterCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAfter a stroke, many people develop depression that is driven by factors including cognitive difficulties, a lack of socia

Updated on:November 06,2024

Lean approach reduces work hours, boosts well-being for surgical residents

Lean approach reduces work hours, boosts well-being for surgical residentsbyUniversity of California - San DiegoDr. Jacobsen and surgical residents participating in rounds at Jacobs Medical Cent

Updated on: January 11,2025

Lean approach reduces work hours, boosts well-being for surgical residents

Lean approach reduces work hours, boosts well-being for surgical residentsbyUniversity of California - San DiegoDr. Jacobsen and surgical residents participating in rounds at Jacobs Medical Cent

Updated on:January 11,2025

How adaptable to psychosocial stress is the teenage brain?

by Bettina Hennebach,Max Planck SocietyThe adolescents who became more resilient with age showed greater myelination in the prefrontal cortex. Credit: MPI CBSMental illness often occurs for the

Updated on: September 21,2024

How adaptable to psychosocial stress is the teenage brain?

by Bettina Hennebach,Max Planck SocietyThe adolescents who became more resilient with age showed greater myelination in the prefrontal cortex. Credit: MPI CBSMental illness often occurs for the

Updated on:September 21,2024

Opinion: Why involuntary medical admission and treatment won't solve homelessness

by Emmanuelle Bernheim,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe housing crisis is pushing more and more people onto the streets.More than one in 10 Canadians report experienci

Updated on: November 24,2024

Opinion: Why involuntary medical admission and treatment won't solve homelessness

by Emmanuelle Bernheim,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe housing crisis is pushing more and more people onto the streets.More than one in 10 Canadians report experienci

Updated on:November 24,2024

Scientists discover brain mechanism that helps overcome fear

bySainsbury Wellcome CentreCoronal brain slice showing projections from different visual areas in the cerebral cortex to the ventrolateral geniculate nucleus (vLGN). These pathways are part of t

Updated on: February 25,2025

Scientists discover brain mechanism that helps overcome fear

bySainsbury Wellcome CentreCoronal brain slice showing projections from different visual areas in the cerebral cortex to the ventrolateral geniculate nucleus (vLGN). These pathways are part of t

Updated on:February 25,2025

Music makes us move even when we don't like it, according to psychologists

by Patrick Lejtenyi,Concordia UniversityExample of the musical notation of a stimulus with a medium rhythmic complexity (son clave) and a medium harmonic complexity (four-note (major) chords wit

Updated on: February 24,2025

Music makes us move even when we don't like it, according to psychologists

by Patrick Lejtenyi,Concordia UniversityExample of the musical notation of a stimulus with a medium rhythmic complexity (son clave) and a medium harmonic complexity (four-note (major) chords wit

Updated on:February 24,2025

Young people were becoming more anxious long before social media. Here's the evidence

by Roland Paulsen,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThanks to bestselling authors like Jonathan Haidt and Jean Twenge, the public has become increasingly aware of the rapid rise

Updated on: November 24,2024

Young people were becoming more anxious long before social media. Here's the evidence

by Roland Paulsen,The ConversationCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThanks to bestselling authors like Jonathan Haidt and Jean Twenge, the public has become increasingly aware of the rapid rise

Updated on:November 24,2024