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Brain balances perception and action when caught in an illusion

Two wrongs can make a right, at least in the world of visual perception and motor functioning, according to brain scientists who tracked the eyes of students during exercises in a dark laboratory.

Wired Health: how are innovative technologies disrupting health care?

This year’s Wired Health summit in London featured the latest technological innovations in health care. Medical News Today were on the scene and report on the highlights.

Your adolescent brain on alcohol: Changes last into adulthood

Repeated alcohol exposure during adolescence results in long-lasting changes in the region of the brain that controls learning and memory, according to a research team that used a rodent model as a surrogate for humans.

Cardiorespiratory fitness contributes to successful brain aging

Cardiorespiratory fitness may positively impact the structure of white matter in the brains of older adults. These results suggest that exercise could be prescribed to lessen age-related declines in brain structure.

‘Chemo brain’ is real, say researchers

Chemotherapy can lead to excessive mind wandering and an inability to concentrate, research shows. Dubbed ‘chemo-brain,’ the negative cognitive effects of the cancer treatment have long been suspected, but this study is the first to explain why patient…

Controlling arterial tone and blood flow in the brain

Researchers have performed the first human-based study to identify calcium channels in cerebral arteries and determine the distinct role each channel plays in helping control blood flow to the brain.

Scientists create the sensation of invisibility

The power of invisibility has long fascinated man and inspired the works of many great authors and philosophers.

Study: This is your teen’s brain behind the wheel

A new study of teenagers and their moms reveals how adolescent brains negotiate risk – and the factors that modulate their risk-taking behind the wheel.

Borderline personality disorder as debilitating as bipolar disorder

The deterioration of psychiatric and physical health caused by borderline personality disorder (BPD) rivals that of bipolar disorder, according to Mark Zimmerman, M.D.

New survey shows that half of people with hepatitis suffer from discrimination

Findings reveal the extent to which stigma and discrimination affect those living with viral hepatitisAs many as half of people infected with viral hepatitis have suffered discrimination and…