Signs of lying are all in the mind
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WASHINGTON: The brains of people who are lying look very different from those who are telling the truth, US researchers have discovered.
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The sensation of being mimicked by someone close behind&#151;an effect suffered by some schizophrenics&#151;has been reproduced in the lab, offering new clues to how the brain works.
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Scientists have found a switch in the brain that appears to control anxiety and wakefulness.
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Having a sound sleep after cramming for exams consolidates that learning, a new research has revealed. Neurologist Philippe Peigneux and his colleagues analysed brain activity in sleeping volunteers and found
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Mental illness according to experts is assuming an alarming dimension all over the world. The preponderance of such cases is attracting the attention of individuals, governments and non-governmental organisations
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New recordings of electrical activity in the brain may explain a major part of its function, including how it consolidates daily memories and why it needs to dream.
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Scientists say they have found the brain regions that help us to decide whether to look someone in the eye or look away.
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NEW YORK  - People who suffer from what was once called "hysteria" show altered patterns of brain activity connected to their symptoms, researchers reported Monday.
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A word to the wise: Be careful who you're telling lies. There's an elite group of people who don't need to see Pinocchio's nose grow, but can pick up on subtle signs that they're not hearing the truth.
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Pseudocyesis, or false pregnancy, involves a constellation of symptoms that fool women and doctors alike.
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After a stroke, the brain tries to reorganize itself.  However, sometimes this process goes awry, leaving one woman to feel sounds on her skin.
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If you remember those 1970âs era âHang in There, Babyâ posters, the phrase âJust because youâre paranoid doesnât mean theyâre not out to get youâ -- of similar vintage -- will probably ring a bell. But while that treacly picture of a kitten hanging onto a rope is now a laughable bit of nostalgia, the observation about paranoia is more relevant than ever.
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In search of the ultimate lie detector, researchers turn to thermal facial scans, brain wiring and eyeball tracking. But deception still, well, deceives. By Randy Dotinga.
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Brain scans have been developed which it is claimed can predict what a person is about to do.
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Brain scans reveal how the brain gets "tired and over-emotional" when someone is deprived of sleep.
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ATLANTA -- It sounds like a freakish ailment from a horror movie: Sores erupt on your skin, mysterious threads pop out of them, and you feel like tiny bugs are crawling all over you. Some experts believe it's a psychiatric phenomenon, yet hundreds of people say it's a true physical condition. It's...
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Scientists have uncovered clues about how the brain imitates the actions of others.