Self injurious behavior is defined as inflicting harm to one's body without the obvious intent of committing suicide.

The technique might give insights into all kinds of negotiations, from the economic to the social to the political, even go across geographical boundaries.

The brain functioned more efficiently and didn't need to use as much glucose to perform effectively for participants who had followed the healthy longevity program.

The Internet has properties that for some individuals promote addictive behaviors and pseudo intimate interpersonal relationships.

As people grow older, do they really lose intelligence or is something else happening that drives down IQ scores?

Findings may also shed light on 'choice defecit' disorders, such as eating disorders, compulsive gambling, and drug abuse.

Faces tell the stories in UC Riverside Professor Larry Rosenblum's ecological listening lab, as volunteer test subjects show that they can "read" unheard speech - not just from lips, but from the simple movements of dots placed on lips, teeth and tongue.

A DEVICE that can pick up on people's emotions is being developed to help people with autism relate to those around them.

Humans have a robust capacity to learn and retain new information unconsciously, retaining habit memory even when conscious or declarative learning is absent.

Among Americans age 65 and older, antipsychotic medications are widely used for a variety of disorders including dementia, delirium, psychosis and agitation.

The effort to improve the health and medical care of patients with mental illness is encouraging.

The cells rescued by this treatment represent potential targets for future therapy in human babies with Down syndrome.

As you age, some brain cells may deteriorate or function less efficiently, potentially affecting your speed of mental processing.

The United States gets a D grade in helping adults with serious mental illnesses, according to the first state by state report on the nation's mental healthcare system in more than 15 years.

The findings provide insight into the basic brain mechanisms responsible for the distraction caused by emotional stimuli that are irrelevant to a task.