Psychantenna

New special issue for Computers in Human Behavior. Edited by Ashleigh Shelton. Volume 26, Issue 6, Pages 1223-1872 (November 2010).

In an early step toward letting severely paralyzed people speak with their thoughts, researchers translated brain signals into words using two grids of 16 microelectrodes implanted beneath the skull but atop the brain.

Using ultrasound and a minimally invasive procedure, radiologists can identify and treat patients who engage in a disturbing self-injury behavior known as self-embedding, according to a new study.

This review explores the possible connections between autism spectrum disorder and mental health disorders.
Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Which drugs have been associated with a false-positive urine drug screen?
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy

In a recent study, the compound Ezlopitant — already known to suppress alcohol cravings in humans — was found to decrease the urge of rodents to drink sweetened water.  The research took place at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center which is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco. 

A new theory suggests evolutionary dispersal patterns have influenced the genes that determine our social behavior.

Researchers from Oxford University and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, examined the impact that genes knowing which parent they come from — a process scientists call “genomic imprinting” — has on how selfish or altruistic they want their carriers to be.

Researchers have learned that Parkinson’s disease can affect thought processes and the acquisition of knowledge.

Interestingly, Queen’s University researchers have found that people with Parkinson’s disease can perform automated tasks better than people without the disease, but have significant difficulty switching from easy to hard tasks.

New research provides the first evidence that a biomarker can be used to measure chronic stress and its relationship to heart attacks.

Stressors such as job, marital and financial problems have been linked to the increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease including heart attack. But there hasn’t been a biological marker to measure chronic stress.

University of Arizona researchers say that people in the midst of divorce reveal how they are handling things – not so much by what they say but how they say it.

Apparently the truth is fairly easy to determine; even complete strangers were able to figure out how people were coping with their emotions using relatively small amounts of information.