Month: August 2018
Desire for Revenge Studied using new Economic Game
When someone wrongs us, or betrays us, often we feel like we should “get back at them”. This desire for revenge can be a consequence of anger – but what actually happens in our brain when we feel like lashing out at someone? In a study published in Scientific Reports in July, researchers at the ...
Schizophrenia and Cannabis-Use Found to be Drivers of Brain Aging
Researchers from John Hopkins, University of California, Google and others conducted the largest known brain imaging study to determine the drivers of brain aging. More than 30,000 individuals from 9 months to 105 years old had their brains scanned in hopes of identifying patterns of aging. Understanding the influence of aging on the brain remains ...
