Smoking Rots the Brain & Lowers Cognitive Performance
A new study from researchers at King’s College in London indicates that smoking rots the brain by damaging memory, learning, and reasoning. The scientists published…
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Brain’s Reading Centers Are Culturally Universal No Matter What Language
The brain scans of French and Mandarin native speakers have shown that people use the same areas in the brain for reading, no matter what…
Brain Scans of Rappers During Improvisation Show Creativity At Work
Rappers improvising rhymes while their brains are being scanned in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine have provided an insight into the creative process….
Canadian Man in Vegetative State Communicates That He’s Not in Pain
A Canadian man who was thought to have been in a persistent vegetative state for more than a decade has been able to communicate to…
Photos of Einstein’s Brain Show Unique Features
Photographs of Albert Einstein’s brain were taken shortly after his death, but were never analyzed in detail until now. The analysis has revealed several unique…
‘Healthy Neuroticism’ Lowers Risk of Chronic Disease
Neurotic people, such as anxious worriers, depressives, and those who have a temper, might not be very healthy, especially when compared to people who demonstrate…
Neural Connection Between Infant Stress & Depressions in Teenage Girls
Stressful experiences in the first year of life can drive hormonal changes in girls later in childhood. These chemical changes lead to abnormal brain connectivity,…
Flashes of Light Can Break Habits
The addition of a light-sensitive protein to a small part of a rat’s brain allowed researchers to silence the neurons in the infralimbic cortex (ILC)…
Magnesium Supplements Could Improve Memory and Cognitive Ability
After a decade of research hinting that magnesium supplements could potentially boost your memory and cognitive abilities, it’s finally being put into a small clinical…
Reaction to Placebo Effect May Be Genetic
The reason why some people tend to respond to treatments that have no active ingredients might be down to genetics. A new study indicates that…
Cooking Fueled the Growth of the Human Brain
A new study has calculated the energetic cost of growing a bigger brain. If humans had been eating a raw food diet exclusively, they would…
Brain Scans Help Scientists Read Dreams
A team of Japanese researchers have been working on using neuroimaging techniques to decode the dreams of people while they sleep. The researchers were led…
Young Blood Reverses Some of the Effects of Age-Related Cognitive Decline
It seems that the blood of the young can help the old. A new study shows that when the blood of young mice is injected…
Disrupted Sleep Patterns Linked to Alzheimer’s
Patients that experience disrupted sleep patterns could be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease since Alzheimer’s patients often complain of changes in their sleep patterns during the…
Traumatic Memories Manipulated in Sleeping Mice
Researchers at Stanford University have been able to provide sleep-based therapies to deal with traumatic memories, which could reduce fearful responses during waking hours. The…
Study Shows Broca’s Area Has Multiple Roles
In a new study, MIT neuroscientists found that Broca’s area actually consists of two distinct subunits, one focuses selectively on language processing, while the other…
Humans Are Less in Control of Their Brains Than Previously Thought
Most of the actions that people take for granted are the result of a set of complex decisions that the brain deals with. The decisions…
Growth in Brain’s White Matter Tracts Could Predict Literacy
Brain connectivity can predict reading skills, thanks to brain scans and the examination of the growth of long-range connections in the brain. These allow researchers…