Mind & Brain News
July 19, 2024
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July 8, 2024 — The largest animals do not have proportionally bigger brains -- with humans bucking this trend -- a new study has ...
June 26, 2024 — A new study documents the first case of Down syndrome in Neanderthals and reveals that they were capable of providing altruistic care and support for a vulnerable member of their social ...
June 13, 2024 — A lack of sleep can make it extraordinarily difficult to retain information. Two new studies uncover why this is and what is happening inside the brain during sleep and sleep deprivation to help or harm the formation of ...
June 4, 2024 — Adolescents with an internet addiction undergo changes in the brain that could lead to additional addictive behavior and tendencies, finds a new ...
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July 19, 2024 — Researchers use microscopy to chart amyloid beta's underlying structure and yield insight into neurodegenerative ...
July 18, 2024 — Ever hear the old adage that time flies when you're having fun? A new study suggests that there's a lot of truth to the ...
July 15, 2024 — Women who carry a particular form of a pain gene are more likely to respond well to a common medication used to treat long-term discomfort, research ...
July 16, 2024 — A new study on common food aromas may help explain why astronauts report that meals taste bland in space and struggle to eat their normal nutritional intake. This research has broader implications ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers have found that middle-aged to older adults with inconsistent sleep duration had a heightened risk of developing diabetes compared to ...
July 18, 2024 — Persistently unhealthy sleep, either not enough or too much, is associated with a significantly increased risk of Type 2 diabetes in a racially and economically diverse adult population, an ...
July 17, 2024 — A new collaboration explores the neural substrates of blushing in a MRI ...
July 18, 2024 — A meta-analysis of existing research shows exposure to nature, even as little as 10 minutes, could benefit those with diagnosed mental ...
July 17, 2024 — Decline in memory and other thinking abilities is the most well-known result of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, many individuals with this ...
July 17, 2024 — Mindfulness training may lead participants to experience disembodiment and unity -- so-called altered states of consciousness -- according to a new ...
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July 19, 2024 — Health records and health care use show youth whose parents have been incarcerated have more physical and mental health challenges. Identifying those youth is a problem because most health systems ...
July 19, 2024 — A new essay explores which conditions must be met for consciousness to exist. At least one of them can't be found in a ...
July 19, 2024 — People's moral values could limit their uptake of lab-grown meat, a study suggests. People who say living a natural life is morally important to them are more likely to reject lab-grown meat -- ...
July 18, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new formal description of internal world models, thereby enabling interdisciplinary research. Internal world models help to make predictions about new situations based on ...
July 18, 2024 — In a new study on the impact of doomscrolling from an existential perspective, researchers warn that habitual checking of disturbing stories on social media is linked with changes to how we view ...
July 17, 2024 — Burst sine wave electroporation was found to cause less damage to cells and tissue but more disruption to the blood-brain ...
July 17, 2024 — In a study of several thousand companies in England, mental health training for line managers was associated with organizational-level benefits, including lower levels of long-term mental ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers have developed soft, stretchable 'jelly batteries' that could be used for wearable devices or soft robotics, or even implanted in the brain to deliver drugs or treat conditions ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers have used eye-tracking to study airport security screeners' performance during different visual inspection phases of a screening ...
July 17, 2024 — Opioids have long been known as natural substances with substantial pharmacological effect. They have been used as effective painkillers. Researchers have now identified a natural active substance ...
July 17, 2024 — Opioid medications offer people relief from debilitating pain, but these drugs come with dangers: the risk for addiction, miserable withdrawal symptoms and the potential for fatal overdose. ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers have found that intense stress can be felt at the cellular level and is linked to negative physical and mental health ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers have established new criteria for a memory-loss syndrome in older adults that specifically impacts the brain's limbic system. It can often be mistaken for Alzheimer's ...
July 17, 2024 — A new study has shown that experiences of moving during childhood -- whether between or within deprived or non-deprived neighborhoods -- is associated with significantly higher rates of depression in ...
July 17, 2024 — During an event, details like what you saw, smelled, and felt aren't stored as a single memory. Rather, they are encoded and stored in your brain separately. To retrieve that memory, those ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers report that psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, destabilizes a critical network of brain areas involved in introspective thinking. The findings provide a neurobiological ...
July 17, 2024 — Researchers have developed the chatbot Iris, which offers informatics students personalized assistance with programming assignments. A study has now confirmed the chatbot's success: Iris ...
July 17, 2024 — The largest neuroimaging study of conduct disorder to date has revealed extensive changes in brain structure among young people with the disorder. The largest difference was a smaller area of the ...
July 16, 2024 — Researchers have identified a new way to make opioids safer, increasing the pain-relieving properties of opioids while decreasing unwanted side effects through the spinal inhibition of a Heat shock ...
July 16, 2024 — Rigorous exercise before bed has long been discouraged, but researchers have now found short bursts of light activity can lead to better ...
Friday, July 19, 2024
- Impact of Incarceration on Youth Health
- Can Consciousness Exist in a Computer Simulation?
- Morals Are Key to Consumer Views on Lab-Grown Meat, Study Finds
Thursday, July 18, 2024
- Analyzing Internal World Models of Humans, Animals and AI
- Can Doomscrolling Trigger an Existential Crisis?
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
- New Technique Could Help Treat Aggressive Brain Tumors
- Mental Health Training for Line Managers Linked to Better Business Performance in England
- Soft, Stretchy 'jelly Batteries' Inspired by Electric Eels
- The Eyes Have It: Visual Inspection Experience Essential for Airport Security Screening
- New Analgesic Could Replace Opioids Over the Long Term
- Designing Safer Opioids
- Stress-Related Cell Damage Linked to Negative Mental and Physical Health Effects Among Caregivers
- Scientists Define New Type of Memory Loss in Older Adults
- Multiple Moves During Childhood Can Increase the Risks of Depression in Later Life
- Cuttlefish Can Form False Memories, Too
- Psilocybin Generates Psychedelic Experience by Disrupting Brain Network
- Chatbot Iris Offers Students Individual Support
- Youth With Conduct Disorder Show Widespread Differences in Brain Structure
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
- Research Shows Protein Isoform Inhibitors May Hold the Key to Making Opioids Safer
- Evening Activity for Better Sleep
- Large Study Confirms: Siblings of Autistic Children Have 20% Chance of Autism
- Scientists Find That Small Regions of the Brain Can Take Micro-Naps While the Rest of the Brain Is Awake and Vice Versa
- Hormone Therapy for Breast Cancer Linked With Lower Dementia Risk
- AI Tool Successfully Responds to Patient Questions in Electronic Health Record
Monday, July 15, 2024
- A Novel and Unique Neural Signature for Depression Revealed
- Protein Droplets Likely Don't Cause Parkinson's
- Study Reveals How an Anesthesia Drug Induces Unconsciousness
- Study Reveals Link Between Playing Contact Sports and Parkinsonism in Individuals With Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
- When Certain Boys Feel Their Masculinity Is Threatened, Aggression Ensues
- Origins of Creativity in the Brain
- Visualizing Addiction: How New Research Could Change the Way We Fight the Opioid Epidemic
Saturday, July 13, 2024
Friday, July 12, 2024
- Groundbreaking Study Reveals Insights Into Alzheimer's Disease Mechanisms Through Novel Hydrogel Matrix
- Researchers Discover a New Neural Biomarker for OCD
- With Gene Editing, Mice With a Form of Inherited Deafness Can Hear Again
- Brain Inflammation Triggers Muscle Weakness After Infections
- AI Found to Boost Individual Creativity -- At the Expense of Less Varied Content
- New Ways to Study Spinal Cord Malformations in Embryos
- Why Are Board Games So Popular Among Many People With Autism? New Research Explains
Thursday, July 11, 2024
- User Control of Autoplay Can Alter Awareness of Online Video 'rabbit Holes'
- Ultrasound Technology Can Be Used to Boost Mindfulness, Study Finds
- Engineers' Probe Could Help Advance Treatment for Spinal Cord Disease, Injury
- Seeing Inside Alzheimer's Disease Brain
- Researchers Uncover Brain Region's Role in Hearing and Learning
- How Risk-Averse Are Humans When Interacting With Robots?
- Toddlers' Brains Show Significant Growth in Cognitive Skills by 16 Months
- Understanding the Roots of Chronic Pain
- Researchers Explore the Role of Children in Community Participatory Planning Process
- Narcissism Decreases With Age
- Researchers Identify Potential Therapeutic Target for Management of Thirst Disorders
- Many Youths Continue to Take Opioids Months After Surgical Procedures
- Metformin and Other Antidiabetic Drugs Can Help Reduce the Risk of Dementia in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
- New Target in Critical Pain-Regulating Brain Region
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
- Creativity Starts in the Cradle, New Research Shows
- Researchers Pinpoint Brain Cells That Delay First Bite of Food
- AI Chatbots Have Shown They Have an 'empathy Gap' That Children Are Likely to Miss
- Holiday Season Already? Anticipation Might Make Time Seem to Fly
- Perceived Warmth, Competence Predict Callback Decisions in Meta-Analysis of Hiring Experiments
- Loneliness Increases Risk of Age-Related Memory Loss
- Can We Predict How Fast Cognitive Decline Will Occur With Early Alzheimer's?
- Major Trial Looks at Most Effective Speech Therapy for People With Parkinson's Disease
- A New Material Derived from Graphene Improves the Performance of Neuroprostheses
- New Form of Repetitive Magnetic Brain Stimulation Reduces Treatment Time for Bipolar Disorder
- Discovery Could Help Reduce Adverse Side Effects of Popular Next-Generation Obesity Medications
- The Molecule That Could Alleviate Stroke-Related Brain Injury
- When There's Money to Lose, Phone Usage While Driving Drops
- Molecular Atlas of Blood Vessel Pathways in the Human Brain, Across Early Brain Development, Adulthood and Disease
- Pitch Perfect: Match the Message to the Idea's Newness
- Exercise Brain Boost Can Last for Years
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
- Researchers Identify Brain Region Involved in Oxycodone Relapse
- Study Points at Novel Approach to Treat Group 3 Medulloblastoma
- Researchers Identify Cause of Serious Brain Bleeding Condition in Premature Newborns
- Run Screaming or Slow Retreat? New Study Advances Understanding of Brain Responses to Emotionally-Charged Scenes
- Brain Neurotransmitter Receptor Antagonist Found to Prevent Opioid Addiction in Mice
- Trust, More Than Knowledge, Critical for Acceptance of Fully Autonomous Vehicles
Monday, July 8, 2024
- Scientists Exploring Potential New Treatments for Glioblastoma
- Diagnosing Different Forms of Dementia Now Possible Using Artificial Intelligence
- Brain-Imaging Study Reveals Curiosity as It Emerges
- Employees Prefer Human Performance Monitors Over AI, Study Finds
- Brain Organ Plays Key Role in Adult Neurogenesis
- Erasing 'bad Memories' To Improve Long Term Parkinson's Disease Treatment
- Researchers Identify Potential Treatment for Angelman Syndrome
- Why Some Abusive Bosses Get a Pass from Their Employees
Friday, July 5, 2024
Thursday, July 4, 2024
- Brain Fluid Dynamics Key to Migraine Mysteries, New Therapies
- Clever Pupils Don't Need to Attend Academically Selective Schools to Thrive, Study Finds
- Two New Species of Psilocybe Mushrooms Discovered in Southern Africa
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
- Cracking the Code for Cerebellar Movement Disorders
- Poor Health, Stress in 20s Takes Toll in 40s With Lower Cognition
- Scientists May Have Found How to Diagnose Elusive Neuro Disorder
- New Study on Children and Food: Fruit Chunks in Yogurt Are a Turn Off for One Age Group in Particular
- Measuring Body Language
- Experimental Drug Supercharges Medicine That Reverses Opioid Overdose
- Mobile Phone Data Helps Track Pathogen Spread and Evolution of Superbugs
- Discovery of Cellular Mechanism to Maintain Brain's Energy Could Benefit Late-Life Brain Health
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
- High Ceilings Linked to Poorer Exam Results for University Students
- Genetic Study Points to Oxytocin as Possible Treatment for Obesity and Postnatal Depression
- Potential New Target for Early Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease
- Study Explores What Motivates People to Watch Footage of Disasters and Extreme Weather
- Safer, Swifter, Smaller Scar: New Brain Surgery Approach Targets Difficult Tumors at Skull Base