Rational Thinking Ruled Out as Reason for Children’s Selective Imitation
It turns out that infants might not be using rational thinking as a reason for selective imitation. A new study suggests that observed differences in…
It turns out that infants might not be using rational thinking as a reason for selective imitation. A new study suggests that observed differences in…
A study published in Annals of Neurology suggests that undergoing surgery and general anesthesia may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. The study found that…
By exposing pregnant mice to radiation from a cell phone, a new study provides the first experimental evidence that fetal exposure to radiofrequency radiation from…
While studying male fruit flies, researchers discovered that sexually deprived flies will consume more alcohol than sexually satisfied male flies and that the flies’ behavior…
Experiments show that scouting bees, much like novelty-seeking humans, have differences in brain activity in genes related to dopamine and glutamate signaling between neurons. Genomic…
A new study showed that locomotion could be restored in mice with a Huntington’s-like condition by using GABA neurons forged from human embryonic stem cells….
It appears that deafness penetrates much more rapidly and deeply into the brain than previously thought. While studying songbirds, neurologists discovered that when their hearing…
Neurologists just took another step forward in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. While studying mice, they discovered that the antibodies that block the function of…
The male zebra finch has some 2,000 genes in a region of the brain known as “Area X” that are significantly linked to singing and…
New findings show a non-invasive way to administer anxiolytic neuropeptide S (NPS). While working with mice, the findings show that intranasally administered neuropeptide S was…
Researchers at UCLA have found a way to prevent a protein called α-synuclein from forming “clumps,” which become toxic and kill the brain’s neurons in…
Researchers at UCLA have shown that people with depression have increased connections among most brain areas. While studying the functional connections of the brain in…
A new study from UCLA showed that people with low levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their red blood cells scored lower on tests of…
Researchers at North Carolina State University discovered that playing World of Warcraft boosted cognitive functioning for some older adults. By comparing the cognitive function of…
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory are studying how alcohol consumption affects brain volume. Their recently published research on mice shows…
Researchers at UCLA have published a study in the journal Biological Psychology showing the first evidence of a link between traumatic brain injury and an…
Researchers at Indiana University and the University of Warwick found that people use the marginal value theorem to forage for memories much the same way…
Researchers at UCLA are using a positron emission tomography (PET) brain scan in conjunction with chemical marker they created, called FDDNP, to pinpoint where in…