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Scared of spiders, storms, dogs or more recently, mushrooms? New research reveals the surprising consequences of biophobias ...

A new study has uncovered a shocking link between PFAS — also known as “forever chemicals — and autism in men.

An interaction between two proteins points to a molecular basis for memory. But how do memories last when the molecules that ...

Scientists have been investigating how the brain makes decisions by participating in the storage of associations between different stimuli.

While large and venomous, timber rattlesnake bites are extremely rare, with the last recorded human fatality in Ohio ...

Mice taught to link smells with tastes, and later fear, revealed how the amygdala teams up with cortical regions to let the ...

The Synaptic Physiology laboratory, led by Juan Lerma at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish ...

"Forever chemicals" or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been widely used in consumer and industrial products ...

Despite its reputation as a safer chemical, PFHxA—a short-chain PFAS—may cause long-term behavioral changes when exposure ...

Psilocybin, a psychedelic compound contained in some varieties of mushrooms, has recently been found to be promising for the ...

Claims about a brain implant technology that compresses prison sentences into minutes are based on a concept, not actual ...