Your Brain Pays Attention to Unfamiliar Voices During Sleep
The ability allows the brain to balance sleep with responding to environmental cues. A good night’s sleep is not as simple as it appears. While…
Neuroscience
Why Do We Forget? New Theory Says “Forgetting” Is Actually a Form of Learning
We create countless memories as we live our lives but many of these we forget. Why? Counter to the general assumption that memories simply decay…
Where Are Memories Stored in the Brain? They May Be in the Connections Between Your Brain Cells
All memory storage devices, from your brain to the RAM in your computer, store information by changing their physical qualities. Over 130 years ago, pioneering…
Compelling Evidence That Multiple Sclerosis Is Caused by Epstein-Barr Virus
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a progressive disease that affects 2.8 million people worldwide and for which there is no definitive cure, is likely caused by infection…
New Links Discovered Between Brain Cell Development and Psychiatric Disorders – “Major Step Forward”
Cardiff University study is ‘major step forward’ in hunt for developmental origins of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Scientists from Cardiff University have discovered new…
The Free-Energy Principle Explains the Brain – Optimizing Neural Networks for Efficiency
The RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan, along with colleagues, has shown that the free-energy principle can explain how neural networks are optimized…
Brain Damage Higher Over Short Term in COVID-19 Patients Than in Alzheimer’s Patients
Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 had higher levels over the short term of blood proteins known to rise with neurological damage than non-COVID-19 patients diagnosed with…
Cognitive Decline Is Not Always a Sign of Alzheimer’s Disease
Some cognitively frail adults have impaired cognition but intact brain structure and function. At the first sign of cognitive trouble, people often worry Alzheimer’s disease…
Increased Myelin in Brain’s Gray Matter Linked to Anxiety and PTSD
Resilience to stress and differential symptoms correlate with regional changes in the brain. A recent study links anxiety behavior in rats, as well as post…
Misophonia: Supersensitive Brain Connection Causes Hatred of Noises
A supersensitized brain connection has been identified in people who suffer from misophonia, an extreme reaction to “trigger” sounds. For the first time, researchers led…
Exercise Alters Brain Chemistry To Protect Aging Synapses From Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Enhanced nerve transmission seen in older adults who remained active. When elderly people stay active, their brains have more of a class of proteins that…
Cracking the Neural Code to the Brain: How Do We Provide Meaning to Our Environment?
Neuroscientists uncover how the brain perceives sensory information – and how this process can malfunction. The brain is the most complex organ in our body…
Dog Brains Can Distinguish Between Different Languages
Dog brains can detect speech, and show different activity patterns to a familiar and an unfamiliar language, a new brain imaging study by researchers from…
Can a Dangerous Toxin From Anthrax Microbes Quench Pain?
Study shows toxin from anthrax microbe affects pain in mice. Anthrax has a scary reputation. Widely known to cause serious lung infections in humans and…
How Ultrasound Could Be Used To Treat Psychiatric Disorders
A new study published in Science Advances has shown how the brain gives credit to events, along with how transcranial ultrasound (TUS) can disrupt this…
Psychedelic Drug From Magic Mushrooms – Psilocybin – Can Be Safely Administered With No Detrimental Effects in Healthy People
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, in partnership with COMPASS Pathways, has established that psilocybin can…
Reduce Frailty To Prevent Dementia
Reducing frailty in older adults could be an effective strategy to prevent dementia, according to a largescale new study. Published in the Journal of Neurology,…
Scientists Homing In on a Cure for Parkinson’s Disease
A peptide known to prevent the protein error that gives rise to Parkinson’s disease has been optimized by scientists, making it a strong candidate for…