Alcoholics show deficits in their ability to perceive dangerous situations
Alcoholics tend to be deficient in both cognitive and emotional processes

UCLA study shows different areas of the brain respond to belief, disbelief and uncertainty
UCLA brain imaging study suggests a neurology of belief

The memories you want to forget are the hardest ones to lose
Painful, emotional memories that people would most like to forget may be the toughest to leave behind, especially when memories are created through visual cues

Study suggests we remember the bad times better than the good
Researchers are beginning to understand why we remember events that carry negative emotional weight.

Autistic brain has fewer neurons for processing emotion
For the first time, research has shown that the autistic brain has fewer neurons in an area related to emotion and social behavior

Hearing emotion from the left
We are more likely to remember emotional words if we hear them with our left ear than our right ear.

New discoveries about neuron plasticity linked to learning and memory
Neurons experience large-scale changes across their dendrites during learning

Dopamine, uncertainty and TD learning
The authors show that when averaging the non-stationary prediction errors across trials, a ramping in the activity of the dopamine neurons should be apparent, whose magnitude is dependent on the learning rate.

Fine motor skills in South African children with symptoms of ADHD: influence of subtype, gender, age, and hand dominance
Motor problems, often characterised as clumsiness or poor motor coordination, have been associated with ADHD in addition to the main symptom groups of inattention, impulsiveness, and overactivity.

Remembering one year later: Role of the amygdala and the medial temporal lobe memory system in retrieving emotional memories
These findings clarify the role of the amygdala and the medial temporal lobe memory regions in recollection and familiarity of emotional memory after lengthy retention intervals

Memory Enhancement Drugs Show Promise But Face Growing Scrutiny
In our aging society, with an increased urgency to develop new compounds that target serious illnesses like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, memory enhancement drugs are becoming a big business.

Selective Amnesia: How A Traumatic Memory Can Be Wiped Out
American and French CNRS scientists have shown that a memory of a traumatic event can be wiped out, although other, associated recollections remain intact.

New Research Sheds Light On Memory By Erasing It
For years, scientists have studied the molecular basis of memory storage, trying to find the molecules that store memory, just as DNA stores genetic memory.

Sleep Strengthens Your Memory
Sleep not only protects memories from outside interferences, but also helps strengthen them, according to research

Diet Rich in Antioxidants Can Improve Cognitive Ability
Scientists are only now beginning to understand the role of chemical ions called free radicals circulating in the body.

Neurobiologists jam brain's 'memory machine'
Scientists have found a way to erase long-term memory in rats, a discovery that could boost development of treatments for those suffering from memory loss or dementia.

That's Not My Hand! How The Brain Can Be Fooled Into Feeling A Fake Limb
Scientists have made the first recordings of the human brain's awareness of its own body, using the illusion of a strategically-placed rubber hand to trick the brain.