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A security system that analyses a user’s brainwaves could determine whether the user is in a fit mental state to be granted access to resources, suggests new research.

For nearly a decade, researchers have studied the piglet as a translational model to understand which aspects of early brain development are affected by nutrition interventions. In a recent review article, investigators provide background for the work …

Researchers evaluated the effect of a cognitive training program on tinnitus, and report positive results.

Researchers have linked excess tau protein in the brain to the spatial disorientation that leads to wandering in many Alzheimer’s disease patients. The findings, in mice, could lead to early diagnostic tests for Alzheimer’s and point to treatments for …

Every few seconds, our eyelids automatically shutter and our eyeballs roll back in their sockets. So why doesn’t blinking plunge us into intermittent darkness and light? New research shows that the brain works extra hard to stabilize our vision despit…

For the first time, scientists have found that non-invasive brain stimulation can be used like a scalpel to affect a specific improvement in precise memory. Precise memory, rather than general memory, is critical for knowing the building you are lookin…

In the largest clinical study to date of genetic abnormalities in pediatric brain tumors, researchers performed clinical testing on more than 200 tumor samples and found that a majority had genetic irregularities that could influence how the disease wa…

Scanning a premature infant’s brain shortly after birth to map the location and volume of lesions, small areas of injury in the brain’s white matter, may help doctors better predict whether the baby will have disabilities later, according to a new …

Biologists have identified signals that drive distinct behavior in microscopic nematode worms, and which may hold lessons for human brains.

Low estrogen levels may make women more susceptible to the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), while high estrogen levels may be protective. New research provides insight into how estrogen changes gene activity in the brain to achieve…