For decades, the idea that creativity comes from the right side of the brain has dominated popular culture. People have been told they're either "right-brained" (creative, intuitive) or "left-brained" ...

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Faculty and students in Drexel's Psychological and Brain Sciences department work side-by-side on cutting-edge research and clinical projects in areas including health, forensics, neuropsychology, ...

Researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington and the University of California–San Francisco have used a new ...

Using an animal model of multiple sclerosis (MS), researchers have created a four-dimensional brain map that reveals how lesions similar to those seen in human MS form. These findings provide a window ...

The 21st century has seen the beginnings of a new revolution in psychology, one in which novel questions have been posed, research methods devised, and sub-fields created. It is an exciting time for ...

The brain reorganizes itself after a stroke to aid language recovery by reinforcing language-specific network areas in the left hemisphere with support from domain-general areas in both hemispheres.

Modern scientific psychology explores brain processes and behavior in both humans and animals, studying how we learn, form memories and respond to stress. The core psychology curriculum includes ...