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Neuroscientists have created interactive maps that can predict where different categories of words activate the brain. Their latest map is focused on what happens in the brain when you read stories.
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A new study has found that online brain game exercises can enable people in their 70s and even 80s to multitask cognitively as well as individuals 50 years their junior. This is an increasingly valuable skill, given today’s daily information onslaught,…
August 19, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
Cutting off and then restoring blood supply to a limb following a stroke reduces tissue damage and swelling and improves functional recovery, according to a new study.
August 19, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
Dopamine and serotonin, or the ‘happy hormones,’ play key roles in mood, depression, and appetite, among other things. Learn about similarities, differences, and what happens when they are out of balance here.
August 19, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
By studying young monkeys, scientists have identified the first of what they believe to be many brain molecules with a causal role in anxiety.
Scientists are investigating new ways to provide visual signals to the blind by…
Conflicting parties experience threats to both their agency and morality, but the experience…
Jack Mendelson, M.D. Honorary Lecture 2019 NIAAA established the Jack Mendelson, M.D., Honorary Lecture…
August 19, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
Researchers believe that stuttering — a potentially lifelong and debilitating speech disorder — stems from problems with the circuits in the brain that control speech, but precisely how and where these problems occur is unknown. Using a mouse model o…
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Adults who have experienced maltreatment as children have a changed perception of social stimuli. Traumatized people found touch stimuli less comforting than people who had not experienced trauma. They also maintained a greater social distance from str…
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New research suggests that experiencing a stressful life event may detrimentally impact older women’s memories and put them at risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Eating disorder researchers have discovered a neurocircuit in mice that, when activated, increased their stress levels while decreasing their desire to eat.
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There are no guidelines on whether a noninvasive method of measuring carbon dioxide from patients’ exhalations, known as end-tidal capnography, is as effective as drawing blood through a child’s artery. This study found that measuring the carbon dioxid…
August 16, 2019 by NewsBot - No Comment
A new study of people with major depressive disorder suggests that the body’s endocannabinoid system plays a role in the mood-lifting effects of exercise.
