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Cognitive decline, mental health and heart disease are all shaped by the deep links between heart and brain – with major ...

A new study shows that music changes brain activity during eye contact, helping people feel more connected and socially ...

Stress resilience isn’t a flatline. It’s a flex, according to new research from Florida International University. Marcelo Bigliassi, assistant professor of psychophysiology, and Ph.D. student Dayanne ...

A large-scale study of 5216 brains has found differences in the brains of men and women that might be linked to social and other abilities. Stuart Ritchie and coworkers reported in the 2018 journal ...

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