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Investigating Individual Differences

We are not all wired the same. Researchers are applying an idea from physics to try to explain how and why.
Individual Differences

Digging into Sleep’s Effects

Researchers look at the molecular level for answers to why some people can resist the ills of sleep deprivation.
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There’s No Brain in the World Like Yours

Learning that it’s possible to identify individuals based on their brains’ anatomical features alone, a new question is raised about the process of “normalizing” brains for neuroimaging studies.
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Overcoming Mental Health Disparities Across Racial Communities

Researchers find that a standard tool for assessing depression does not correctly identify the disorder in minority groups.
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Understanding Psychopathy

Details on how people with psychopathy weigh the costs and benefits of lying as compared with others will help us better understand the disorder and could help find ways to stem its severity.
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Highlighting Prenatally Damaged Neurons that Remain Vulnerable After Birth

Some of the neurons in mice stressed while in embryo show persistent damage. A new technique that pinpoints the harm could help explain individual differences in stress response later in life.
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Sorting Out the Links Between Menopause and Memory Decline

New study suggests that memory changes in women in mid-life might be influenced by dropping hormonal levels.
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A Study of Motivation

Q&A  with R. Alison Adcock, M.D., Ph.D.

It’s difficult to know what motivates people, but R. Alison Adcock’s lab is using imaging to study how states like desire and curiosity can facilitate “motivated memory"
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Making the Connectome Personal: One Brain, Many Scans

By imaging his own brain more than once a week for 18 months, researcher Russell Poldrack investigates variability and individual differences.
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Q&A with George F. Koob, Ph.D.

Individual Differences in the Brain

Why do some alcohol drinkers transition to addiction while others do not? Why do some soldiers suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while others do not?
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