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The ability to understand and empathize with others’ pain is grounded in cognitive neural processes rather than sensory ones, according to the results of a new study led by University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder researchers.

Brace for another shot across the bow: Opioids like morphine have now been shown to paradoxically cause an increase in chronic pain in lab rats, findings that could have far-reaching implications for humans, says a new study led by the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder.

Raising the body temperature of depressed volunteers to the equivalent of a mild fever improved their symptoms of major depression for as long as six weeks after a single treatment, results from a new study show.

\A team led by the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder has received a $7.5 million grant from the Department of Defense (DoD) to study how gut microbes in humans and animals are affected by stressors like sleep deprivation and circadian clock issues.

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder researchers are embarking on a multi-year research project to study and address the psychological concerns of cancer survivors, including elevated anxiety.

Monetary rewards for healthy behavior can pay off both in the pocketbook and in positive psychological factors like internal motivation, according to a new University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder study. While programs involving monetary incentives to encourage healthy behavior have become more popular in recent years, the evidence has been mixed as to how they can be most effective and how participants fare once the incentives stop, said Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder doctoral student Casey Gardiner, who led the new study.

Researchers at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder have developed a quantitative framework for predicting compassionate behavior, a significant step forward in the quest to identify the key psychological processes underlying human compassion.

New research may cause parents to think twice before letting their kids drink energy drinks or grande lattes. A University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder study suggests that consumption of caffeine puts adolescents at risk of suffering anxiety-related jitters long after they stop ingesting it.

Like an albatross scanning for pods of squid in a vast ocean, molecules on solid surfaces move in an intermittent search pattern that provides maximum efficiency, according to new research from the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder.

A new study finds no evidence of a widespread surge in total, violent or property crime in large U.S. cities in the aftermath of the highly publicized police shooting of Michael Brown. But the research does show the overall rate of robberies across the country has increased, as has the murder rate in certain cities.