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A strain of noisy laboratory mice shows all the signs of autism that are used to diagnose human beings, and could help studies of the condition

Anxious college freshmen can relax. No matter who will be sharing their dorm room, they have the power to make the relationship better, new research suggests.

In college, when I used to receive a task to write an essay and bring it to my instructor in 7 days, I was usually saying to myself: “Well, I have a plenty of time, I’ll be back to this assignment later on”...

Jerry Brown outlines steps to help patients and dispensaries stay within the law, help police know when to step in and, it's hoped, keep the federal government at bay.

A set of nerve cells in the eye control our levels of sleepiness according to the brightness of our surroundings, Oxford University researchers have discovered. The cells directly regulate the activity of sleep centers in the brain, providing a new target

Want to know what’s really going on in your own head? The mental health Web site PsychCentral offers a list of the best online psychology tests. 6 of the best here on the NYTimes Health Blog

The complications from concussions, a signature injury of the Iraq war, often are not recognized in singular ways.

Brain scientists have moved a step closer to understanding why some people may be more prone to depression than others.

Astronauts travelling to Mars won't be able to chat in real-time to therapists on Earth. New software will help them cope on the long journeys

People who say they're undecided on a hot political topic may already have made up their minds; they just haven't consciously realized it yet. A clever new study that measured unconscious positive and negative associations indicates that ...