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Mood: is an emotional state. In contrast to emotions, feelings, or affects, moods are less specific, less intense and less likely to be provoked by a particular stimulus or event. Moods are typically described as positive or negative.
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NOV 23, 2015Health & Medicine
What does it mean to be happy? Happiness is a deeply subjective state of being. Subjective happiness refers to how ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 21, 2015Cannabis Sciences
According to the Journal of American Medicine, more than one-third of US Adults are considered obese. The annual medical ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 02, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s disease is described as a type of dementia that causes ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 16, 2015Neuroscience
An Australian study published in the journal BMC Medicine and reported in Bioscience Technology claims that people ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 24, 2015Health & Medicine
You’ve been told before that getting enough sleep is vital to your health, and that message still rings true! Mass ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 19, 2015Neuroscience
The brain can compartmentalize and hide traumatic experiences in a special chemical pathway, according to a new study. L ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 07, 2015Neuroscience
While serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in regulating mood and mental states, has been linked to numerous neurologi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 07, 2015Neuroscience
We have all experienced what it feels like to be "hangry" - hungry and angry at the same time. A new study on this pheno ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 01, 2015Neuroscience
While sleep disorders are common in both men and women with bipolar disorder, lack of sleep can make it even worse for w ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 11, 2015Neuroscience
It's not the amount of stress people have but how they handle it. Researchers at Penn State say that acting positively w ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 08, 2015Neuroscience
How do we learn? Why do we get frustrated?
Stem cells that make new neurons could help to clarify and fight l ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 05, 2015Videos
Space madness-the term NASA originally coined to describe a psychotic episode it worried would beset one of its astronau ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 19, 2015Neuroscience
Concussion, a mild traumatic brain injury caused by a direct jolt or blow to the head or a hit to the body that causes t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 09, 2015Neuroscience
Images of soccer moms shuttling kids around in minivans could one day be as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. Concus ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 05, 2015Neuroscience
Women "of a certain age" worry that fuzzy thinking - the inability to remember or focus - may be a symptom of Alzheimer' ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 01, 2015Neuroscience
A study published in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine and funded by the Meningitis Research Foundation indicates that c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 22, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
In surprising new research on the evolution of different forms of photosynthesis, scientists have found that the prized ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 10, 2015Health & Medicine
A pilot study with the shamanic brew hints at its therapeutic potential
An recent article in Scientific Ameri ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 03, 2015Neuroscience
Each year, more than 60 million Americans fail to get enough sleep at night due to a chronic sleep disorder. Yet few of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 20, 2015Neuroscience
Drugs aimed at quelling the behavior problems of dementia patients may also hasten their deaths more than previously rea ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 19, 2015Cancer
UCLA researchers have developed a program that could improve the day-to-day lives of women with breast cancer by address ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 17, 2015Cardiology
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in humans, but are also a major cause of death in dogs.
Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 10, 2015Health & Medicine
The trillions of microbes that inhabit the human body, collectively called the microbiome, are estimated to weigh two to ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 06, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers have for the first time successfully converted adult human skin cells into neurons of the type that regulate ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderNOV 23, 2015Health & Medicine
What does it mean to be happy? Happiness is a deeply subjective state of being. Subjective happiness refers to how ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetNOV 21, 2015Cannabis Sciences
According to the Journal of American Medicine, more than one-third of US Adults are considered obese. The annual medical ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 02, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
According to the Alzheimer’s Association, Alzheimer’s disease is described as a type of dementia that causes ...Written By: Sarah HertrichSEP 16, 2015Neuroscience
An Australian study published in the journal BMC Medicine and reported in Bioscience Technology claims that people ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 24, 2015Health & Medicine
You’ve been told before that getting enough sleep is vital to your health, and that message still rings true! Mass ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 19, 2015Neuroscience
The brain can compartmentalize and hide traumatic experiences in a special chemical pathway, according to a new study. L ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 07, 2015Neuroscience
While serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in regulating mood and mental states, has been linked to numerous neurologi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 07, 2015Neuroscience
We have all experienced what it feels like to be "hangry" - hungry and angry at the same time. A new study on this pheno ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 01, 2015Neuroscience
While sleep disorders are common in both men and women with bipolar disorder, lack of sleep can make it even worse for w ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 11, 2015Neuroscience
It's not the amount of stress people have but how they handle it. Researchers at Penn State say that acting positively w ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 08, 2015Neuroscience
How do we learn? Why do we get frustrated?
Stem cells that make new neurons could help to clarify and fight l ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 05, 2015Videos
Space madness-the term NASA originally coined to describe a psychotic episode it worried would beset one of its astronau ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 19, 2015Neuroscience
Concussion, a mild traumatic brain injury caused by a direct jolt or blow to the head or a hit to the body that causes t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 09, 2015Neuroscience
Images of soccer moms shuttling kids around in minivans could one day be as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. Concus ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 05, 2015Neuroscience
Women "of a certain age" worry that fuzzy thinking - the inability to remember or focus - may be a symptom of Alzheimer' ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 01, 2015Neuroscience
A study published in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine and funded by the Meningitis Research Foundation indicates that c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 22, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
In surprising new research on the evolution of different forms of photosynthesis, scientists have found that the prized ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 10, 2015Health & Medicine
A pilot study with the shamanic brew hints at its therapeutic potential
An recent article in Scientific Ameri ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 03, 2015Neuroscience
Each year, more than 60 million Americans fail to get enough sleep at night due to a chronic sleep disorder. Yet few of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 20, 2015Neuroscience
Drugs aimed at quelling the behavior problems of dementia patients may also hasten their deaths more than previously rea ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 19, 2015Cancer
UCLA researchers have developed a program that could improve the day-to-day lives of women with breast cancer by address ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 17, 2015Cardiology
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in humans, but are also a major cause of death in dogs.
Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 10, 2015Health & Medicine
The trillions of microbes that inhabit the human body, collectively called the microbiome, are estimated to weigh two to ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 06, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers have for the first time successfully converted adult human skin cells into neurons of the type that regulate ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
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