Mental Health

  1. Health & Medicine

    Google Glass could help children with autism socialize with others

    Google Glass has a new lease on life, and this time it’s helping children with autism improve their social skills, a pilot trial suggests.

    By Maria Temming
  2. Health & Medicine

    The brain may clean out Alzheimer’s plaques during sleep

    Sleep deprivation may speed up development of Alzheimer’s disease.

    By Laura Beil
  3. Health & Medicine

    Scared of heights? This new VR therapy could help

    Virtual reality may be good training ground for facing your fears in real life.

    By Maria Temming
  4. Genetics

    The study of human heredity got its start in insane asylums

    ‘Genetics in the Madhouse’ reveals how human heredity research began as a statistical science in 19th century insane asylums.