How the Brain Influences Which Way You Vote NEUROSCIENCE NEWS FEATUREDPSYCHOLOGY Researchers pinpoint a brain area that influences electoral decisions. A new joint study by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute and the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship, both at McGill University, has cast some light on the brain mechanisms that support people’s

Brain differences in premature babies who later develop autism Source: Karolinska Institutet Summary: Extremely premature babies run a much higher risk of developing autism in later childhood, and even during the neonate period differences are seen in the brains of those who do, research concludes. The findings suggest that environmental factors can lead to autism.

Early childhood depression alters brain development? Washington University in St. Louis The brains of children who suffer clinical depression as preschoolers develop abnormally, compared with the brains of preschoolers unaffected by the disorder, according to new research. Their gray matter is lower in volume and thinner in the cortex, a part of the brain important