Your surroundings may influence your social behavior more than you realize. New research from the Brain Research Institute at ...

“Spare the rod and spoil the child,” the saying goes, but research points to a much different conclusion. Spanking young kids can negatively impact future temperament over a decade later, according to ...

Inflammation in the hippocampus – the brain's memory centre – significantly alters motivation and behavior in mice, including food-seeking behaviour, with notable differences between males and females ...

As triple digits climb back into our area this weekend, the high heat can affect more than just your body temperature. It can also affect your mood and behavior. Instead of taking the day off, Modesto ...

One in 31 children in the United States is diagnosed with autism, and while there is a lot of disinformation about it, doctors have not yet determined the cause of autism. Now, a new study from USC ...

Among nearly 1000 patients with breast cancer, 76% reported encountering misinformation about breast cancer. Despite the pervasiveness, exposure to misinformation did not appear to increase patients’ ...

Ornithologists at the Natural History Museum and UCLA are studying how smoke from the January wildfires will affect the region’s birds. It’s part of a broader scientific effort to understand the ...

What affects our actions: Our biological makeup and personality or our environment and the limits placed on our decisions? In this interview, Friedrich Götz sheds light on the impact of governmental ...