Lifestyle
What separates compulsive gamblers from occasional players? Their brains, say scientists who are learning why some people can’t control the betting urge.
Aug. 8, 2005
California
Researchers scan for insight into how marketing may brand the brain’s preference for products and politicians.
Feb. 27, 2005
Science & Medicine
Picture yourself hovering over an alien city with billions of blinking lights of thousands of types, with the task of figuring out which ones are connected, which way the electricity flows and how that translates into nightlife.
June 19, 2014
HER front brain is telling her he’s trouble. Look at the facts, it says.
July 30, 2007
Trust science on this: Guys are generally not eager to mate with a high-testosterone bearded lady.
Nov. 6, 2013
Dopamine brings people together and oxytocin keeps them attached, studies show. Is love just chemistry?
Sept. 16, 2014
Electrical therapy, used for years to treat Parkinson’s and other movement disorders, may soon tackle depression and more.
June 1, 2009
World & Nation
For Valentine’s Day, let’s forget love’s mysteries and get down to the biological basics that fire some of our fiercest emotions.
Feb. 12, 2014
Come for the romance, stay for the oxytocin.
Nov. 25, 2013
Schizophrenia is one of psychiatry’s most puzzling afflictions, with a complex of symptoms that goes far beyond its hallmark hallucinations and delusional thinking.
May 4, 2015