The new craze of “popping toys” may help provide relief from stress and anxiety in both adults and children, researchers report.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Imaging Technique Captures How Brain Moves in Stunning Detail
A new neuroimaging technique captures the brain in motion in real-time, generating a 3D view and with improved detail. The new technology could help clinicians to spot hard-to-detect neurological conditions.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Head to Toe: Study Reveals Brain Activity Behind Missed Penalty Kicks
Soccer players who feel anxious at the thought of kicking a penalty kick and who miss the goal show more activity in the prefrontal cortex. Overthinking the shot, researchers say, could play a role in missing a goal.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Algorithms Show Accuracy in Gauging Unconsciousness Under General Anesthesia
A newly developed artificial intelligence algorithm can accurately and reliably assess unconsciousness in patients under anesthesia based on brain activity.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How We Retrieve Our Knowledge About the World
Our concepts of people, objects, and events are composed of sensory impressions and actions associated with them, in addition to abstract symbol-like features.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Some Meat Eaters Disgusted by Meat
7% of meat-eaters report feeling a “strong disgust” response to images of common meat-based dishes.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Damage to White Matter Is Linked to Worse Cognitive Outcomes After Brain Injury
Damage to highly connected regions of white matter in the brain following injury is more predictive of cognitive impairment than damage to highly connected gray matter hubs.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Feeling Younger Buffers Older Adults From Stress, Protects Against Health Decline
Older people who feel or act younger than their biological age tend to have better cognitive function, lower stress, and less inflammation than their peers who feel their age.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Online Learning Doesn’t Improve Student Sleep Habits
Students who embarked on online learning went to bed, on average, thirty minutes later than they did while entered into in-person learning. They also slept less efficiently and napped more during the day.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Epilepsy Research Reveals Why Sleep Increases Risk of Sudden Death
Both sleep and seizures reduce heart rate, a new study into mortality and epilepsy reveal. Seizures also disrupt the natural regulation of sleep-related changes. This can sometimes prove deadly and increase the risk of sudden death in epilepsy patients.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Why Do Some Neurons Degenerate and Die in Alzheimer’s Disease, but Not Others?
Study reveals the molecular clues as to why some neurons are susceptible to death in Alzheimer’s disease while others aren’t.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Exercise Aids the Cognitive Development of Children Born Preterm
Using exercise programs that help boost motor skills can help reduce problems with impulse control and aid cognitive development in children born preterm.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: In a Cell-Eat-Cell World Calcium Ions Activate ‘Eat-Me’ Signal in Necrotic Cells
When necrotic cells expose phosphatidylserine on their outer surfaces, and when phagocytes detect it, the phagocytes ingest and destroy the dying cells.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Discovery of Genetic Drivers Linked to Progression in Parkinson’s Disease
Researchers identify five genetic loci linked to the progression of Parkinson’s disease.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Aggressive Brain Tumors Can Mimic Normal Brain Repair Processes
Glioblastoma can mimic the normal repair of white matter in the brain, causing the tumor to become less malignant. Additionally, a drug commonly prescribed for asthma can help suppress glioblastoma growth in mouse models.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Evidence Links Gut Bacteria and Neurodegenerative Conditions
A new study reports on an association between specific gut bacteria species and the manifestation of neurodegenerative disorders.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Cerebellum May Have Played an Important Role in the Evolution of the Human Brain
The cerebellum underwent evolutionary changes that may have contributed to the development of language, culture, and tool use in humans, a new study reveals.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Obesity Linked to Reduced Blood Flow to the Brain
Obesity has been linked to severely restricted blood flow in the brain. Reduced blood flow in the brain, or cerebral hypoperfusion, can be an early indicator of vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: AI Spots Individual Neurons in the Eye Better than Human Experts
A newly developed system that uses OCT imaging and deep learning should enable better detection and monitoring of glaucoma.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Does Eating a Mediterranean Diet Protect Against Memory Loss and Dementia?
Eating a Mediterranean-style diet can help protect the brain from tau protein build-up and brain shrinkage associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
