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How gender norms and job loss affect relationship status

Research shows that, in cultures that value men as breadwinners, their unemployment can affect the long-term success of a romantic relationship.

New super-resolution technique allows for more detailed brain imaging

A new imaging technique has the potential to detect neurological disorders — such as Alzheimer’s disease — at their earliest stages, enabling physicians to diagnose and treat patients more quickly. Termed super-resolution, the imaging methodology com…

Study finds brain areas involved in seeking information about bad possibilities

Researchers have identified the brain regions involved in choosing whether to find out if a bad event is about to happen.

Study sheds light on treatment options for devastating childhood brain cancer

Research suggests that children with average risk medulloblastoma can receive radiation to a smaller volume of the brain at the end of a six-week course of treatment and still maintain the same disease control as those receiving radiation to a larger a…

Study identifies how COVID-19 linked to Alzheimer’s disease-like cognitive impairment

A new study has identified mechanisms by which COVID-19 can lead to Alzheimer’s disease-like dementia. The findings indicate an overlap between COVID-19 and brain changes common in Alzheimer’s, and may help inform risk management and therapeutic strate…

Music listening near bedtime disruptive to sleep

Most people listen to music throughout their day and often near bedtime to wind down. But can that actually cause your sleep to suffer? When a sleep researcher realized he was waking in the middle of the night with a song stuck in his head, he saw an o…

‘Roadmaps’ of the brain reveal regions vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease

Much like a supply truck crossing the countryside, the misfolded proteins that damage neurons in Alzheimer’s disease travel the ‘roads’ of the brain, sometimes stopping and sometimes re-routing to avoid roadblocks.

Memory biomarkers confirm aerobic exercise helps cognitive function in older adults

Until now, systemic biomarkers to measure exercise effects on brain function and that link to relevant metabolic responses were lacking. A study shows a memory biomarker, myokine Cathepsin B (CTSB), increased in older adults following a 26-week structu…

Cloud computing expands brain sciences

People often think about human behavior in terms of what is happening in the present — reading a newspaper, driving a car, or catching a football. But other dimensions of behavior extend over weeks, months, and years.

Largescale brain epigenetics study provides new insights into dementia

The team looked in different regions of the brain, which are affected in Alzheimer’s disease before looking for common changes across these cortical regions. They identified 220 sites in the genome, including 84 new genes, which showed different levels…