In new research in the PsyCh Journal, people who tended to analyze experiences like mathematical, cost-benefit problems were more likely to ignore moral rules, which was in turn associated with greater willingness to make ethical compromises for money or status, as well as willingness to accept immoral help when it benefited them.

Treatment of insomnia with cognitive behavioral therapy slows the pace of biological aging in older adults, according to a new study by UCLA Health.

UCLA Health researchers identified a specific type of brain cell and a tiny structure on its surface that changes when the body is under stress, which may help explain why stress can lead to anxiety and depression.

In a new NIH-supported study in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, researchers detected significant risk associations for vascular and Alzheimer’s dementias among American Indians for four previously-identified key risk factors: limited education, hypertension, social isolation, and depression.