Human beings differ in their socioeconomic status (SES), with accompanying differences in
physical and mental health as well as cognitive ability. Although SES has long been used as …

Dendritic spines are small, thin, specialized protrusions from neuronal dendrites, primarily
localized in the excitatory synapses. Sophisticated imaging techniques revealed that …

How does a room affect an occupant's behavior and well-being? How does a building
influence its residents' health? Environmental Psychology for Design, 3rd Edition, explores …

Consolidation of implicit memory in the invertebrate Aplysia and explicit memory in the
mammalian hippocampus are associated with remodeling and growth of preexisting …

Advances in the fields of cognitive and affective developmental neuroscience,
developmental psychopathology, neurobiology, genetics, and applied behavior analysis …

Humans exhibit a remarkable degree of resilience in the face of extreme stress, with most
resisting the development of neuropsychiatric disorders. Over the past 5 years, there has …

Brain plasticity refers to the remarkable property of cerebral neurons to change their
structure and function in response to experience, a fundamental theoretical theme in the …

Since Dr. Brizendine wrote The Female Brain ten years ago, the response has been
overwhelming. This New York Times bestseller has been translated into more than thirty …

Dendritic spines are the primary recipients of excitatory input in the central nervous system.
They provide biochemical compartments that locally control the signaling mechanisms at …

A better knowledge of long-term trajectories of cognitive decline is a central feature of the
study of the process leading to Alzheimer's dementia. Several factors may mitigate such …