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Rosemary aroma can help older adults to remember to do things
April 27, 2016 by NewsBot - No Comment
Peppermint tea can help improve your memory
April 27, 2016 by NewsBot - No Comment
Peppermint tea can help improve long-term and working memory in healthy adults.
Bored people reach for the crisps
April 27, 2016 by NewsBot - No Comment
People crave fatty and sugary foods when they are bored.That is the conclusion of research being presented today, Wednesday 27 April 2016, at the Annual Conference of the British Psychological…
The social dilemma of dealing with Facebook troublemakers
April 27, 2016 by NewsBot - No Comment
Online troublemakers tend to be socially well connected. Some Facebook users therefore, remain friends online with troublemakers because they are worried about the repercussions if they ‘unfriend…
Researchers find brain circuit that controls binge drinking
April 26, 2016 by NewsBot - No Comment
Researchers have identified a circuit between two brain regions that controls alcohol binge drinking, offering a more complete picture on what drives a behavior that costs the United States more than $170 billion annually and how it can be treated.
Study may explain gene’s role in major psychiatric disorders
April 26, 2016 by NewsBot - No Comment
A new study shows the death of newborn brain cells may be linked to a genetic risk factor for five major psychiatric diseases, and at the same time shows a compound currently being developed for use in humans may have therapeutic value for these diseas…
Powerful new data on the aging brain and traumatic brain injury
April 26, 2016 by NewsBot - No Comment
The Allen Institute for Brain Science has announced major updates to its online resources available at brain-map.org, including a new resource on Aging, Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury. The resource is the first of its kind to collect and share a w…
Immuno-psychiatry: when your body makes its own angel dust – anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
April 26, 2016 by NewsBot - No Comment
A new study in Biological Psychiatry reports structural brain damage from an autoimmune encephalitis that impairs behavior in ways that are somewhat similar to the effects of “angel dust”.
Despite their small brains, ravens and crows may be just as clever as chimps, research suggests
April 26, 2016 by NewsBot - No Comment
A new study suggests that ravens can be as clever as chimpanzees, despite having much smaller brains, indicating that rather than the size of the brain, the neuronal density and the structure of the birds’ brains play an important role in terms of thei…
Abnormally low blood flow indicates damage to NFL players’ brains
April 26, 2016 by NewsBot - No Comment
The discovery of brain pathology through autopsy in former National Football League (NFL) players called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) has raised substantial concern among players, medical professionals, and the general public about the impact…
