According to research from the Society for Neuroscience, a confluence of disruptions and dysfunctions occur in the brains of people who exhibit anti-social and violent behavior.

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However, another study, presented this week at the annual Society for Neuroscience conference, in Atlanta, cast doubt on the idea that the mechanisms for facial recognition and reading emotions are tightly linked.

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Researchers at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in New Orleans (Oct 13-17) presented studies showing how stress, no matter its cause, alters brain circuitry in ways that can have long-term effects on mental health.

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In early November, speaking to a room of several hundred people at the annual Society for Neuroscience conference in San Diego, Grove roundly criticized research funding at the National Institutes of Health, the unwillingness of researchers to share data and the lack of urgency in translating basic science into treatments that can help people.

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At a recent meeting of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience in Sydney, Dr McGrath and Alan Mackay-Sim, of Griffith University, Brisbane, presented strong evidence for this theory.

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Mr Brown is raising money and awareness for Neuroscience Research Australia and The Alzheimer's Society.

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