While past studies have implicated some brain regions in paranoia, the understanding of paranoia’s neural underpinnings remains limited. For the new study, the Yale researchers analyzed existing data ...

Could complex beliefs like paranoia have roots in something as basic as vision? A new Yale study finds evidence that they ...

The findings offer new information about what is happening in the human brain — and the role the mediodorsal thalamus might play — when people experience paranoia, say the researchers.

Excessive suspicions, false accusations, and quackery spell paranoia. Learn the subtleties to help those vulnerable and ...

Paranoia occurs when there is a breakdown of your body’s mental and emotional functions. Depression, anxiety, and stress can all make a person more susceptible to these intense feelings of ...

A new study reports that imprinted genes on chromosome 15 are implicated in paranoia, just as the imprinted brain theory has predicted from the beginning. Skip to main content Mobile Navigation ...

“We think of the brain as a prediction machine; unexpected change, whether social or not, may constitute a type of threat — it limits the brain’s ability to make predictions,” Reed said. “Paranoia may ...

Each time a public figure dies unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm, not only is the news upsetting and jarring, but it is also nearly impossible not to feel somewhat paranoid. After all, this fatal ...

YOUR BRAIN PHYSICALLY CHANGES WHEN YOU WORK TOO MUCH ... while heat can "intensify" symptoms like agitation or paranoia. "People with cognitive impairments may not recognize the signs of overheating," ...

Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and traumatic brain injury can cause changes in behavior by altering brain anatomy. Now it seems the coronavirus can too. Photojournalist Jalal Shamsazaran documented ...

The capacity to adjust beliefs about one’s actions and their consequences in a constantly changing environment is a defining characteristic of advanced cognition. Disruptions to this ability, however, ...