August 13, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
A novel learning and memory brain network has been discovered that processes incoming information based on whether it’s something we’ve experienced previously or is deemed to be altogether new and unknown, helping us recognize, for instance, whether th…
August 13, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Insulin resistance — one of the hallmarks of type 2 diabetes — is associated with language problems (a lack of verbal fluency) in women, a sign of cognitive decline associated with dementia, research that was conducted on both men and women indicates.
August 12, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Children with multiple sclerosis who exercise regularly may have a less active disease. For the study, 31 children with MS and 79 who had experienced a single inflammatory neurologic event were given questionnaires about tiredness, depression and how o…
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A new study reveals that 9- and 10-year-old children who are aerobically fit tend to have significantly thinner gray matter and do better on math tests than their ‘lower-fit’ peers.
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Many brain disorders vary between the sexes, but how biology and culture contribute to these differences has been unclear. Now neuroscientists have found an intrinsic biological difference between males and females in the molecular regulation of synaps…
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Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep, the period in which we experience vivid dreams, was discovered by scientists in the 1950s. A new study based on rare neuronal data offers the first scientific evidence of the link between rapid eye movement, dream images…
August 12, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Researchers have created a surprisingly simple yet targeted brain game that reduces anxiety by helping people focus in an increasingly distracting world. There are a plethora of “brain-training” games on the market, a researcher noted, but they are hig…
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Research from the University of Warwick indicates that the IQ of adults born very premature or of very low birth weight can be predicted when they are just a toddler.
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A molecular on-off switch that controls how a mouse brain responds to vision loss has been discovered by biologists. When the switch is on, the loss of sight in one eye will be compensated by the other eye, but also by tactile input from the whiskers. …
August 12, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
New research into brain cancer suggests treatments should target the cells around a tumor to stop it from spreading.
