Weight discrimination is linked to significantly lower quality of life, and accounts for approximately 40% of the negative psychological effects associated with obesity, finds new UCL research…
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Weight discrimination has major impact on quality of life
March 25, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Genome-wide screen of learning in zebrafish identifies enzyme important in neural circuit
March 25, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Implications for understanding underlying molecular genetics of human neuropsychiatric disorders, according to Penn studyThis is a zebrafish hindbrain stained with an axonal marker in red and…
¿Qué es la serotonina? ¿Cuál es su función?
March 25, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
La serotonina es un neurotransmisor, también conocido como 5-hidroxitriptamina, el cual podemos encontrar en la glándula pineal, las plaquetas de la sangrey y el tracto digest.
Studies link air pollution as risk factor for anxiety and trigger for stroke
March 25, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Two new studies published in The BMJ examine associations between fine particulate air pollution and levels of anxiety and incidence of stroke.
Call for more research on brain damage in American football
March 25, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
More research is needed to identify how athletes sustain brain injury from American football, and also to develop strategies to protect them, write experts. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive neurodegenerative syndrome that can aff…
After learning new words, brain sees them as pictures
March 25, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
When we look at a known word, our brain sees it like a picture, not a group of letters needing to be processed. That’s the finding from a new study that shows the brain learns words quickly by tuning neurons to respond to a complete word, not parts of it.
Leaders and their followers tick in sync
March 24, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Great leaders are often good communicators. In the process of communication, the relationship between leaders and their followers develops spontaneously, according to new research. When a member becomes the group leader, the leader’s brain activity in …
Hormone level predicts how the brain processes social information
March 24, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
People with higher levels of oxytocin have greater activity in regions of the brain that support social cognition, a psychology study indicates. The study has implications for better understanding how oxytocin interacts with cognition in both healthy p…
Music to the ears of dementia suffers: learning to play saxophone after diagnosis
March 24, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
Researchers have revealed details of an usual case that offers new insights into frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The story revolves around a patient who, with no prior musical training, learned to play the saxophone after being diagnosed with a behaviou…
People who suffer migraine headaches may be at double the risk of stroke
March 24, 2015 by NewsBot - No Comment
People who suffer migraine headaches with auras are at roughly double the risk of suffering the most common type of stroke. The risk is more than tripled in migraine sufferers who smoke. And migraineurs who smoke and use birth control pills are seven t…
