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Warning images on cigarette packets are more effective than text-only warnings for getting consumers to consider the health risks of smoking, and they could even help them quit.

Researchers suggest that just a few surprisingly positive experiences with a stranger triggers a learning signal in the brain that can increase a person’s ability to empathize.

Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and other chronic respiratory disorders who received music therapy in conjunction with standard rehabilitation saw an improvement in…

Hebrew University Team uses algorithms, apps to understand Alzheimer’s, brain maps.

Two genetic variants previously linked to Alzheimer’s disease have been more specifically tied to brain atrophy that is characteristic of the disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive illness that is the leading cause of dementia and the sixth lead…

The Thalamus not only relays visual signals from the eye to the visual cortex as previously thought, but also conveys additional, contextual information. Integrating these different signals is essential to understand and interpret what we see in the wo…

Modern schedules can lead us to eat around the clock so it is important to understand how this could dull some of the functions of the brain. New research in mice shows that clocks in different regions of the brain start working out of step, altering t…

Even under repeated stress, the brain maintains the potential to adapt and recover. Researchers have shown how changes in gene expression cause these transitory opportunities to open up. Their results suggest well-timed treatment could change the traje…

Researchers have, for the first time, described the pivotal changes responsible for controlling the formation of the part of the brain that allows us to learn and execute complex movements. These changes involve modifications to chromatin, which is DNA…

A woman who was thought to have treatment-resistant depression was later found to have a tumor in her brain, according to a recent article.