How the brain pays attention
From the MIT media release: Picking out a face in the crowd is a complicated task: Your brain has to retrieve the memory of the face you’re seeking, then hold it in place while scanning…
Switching off anxiety with light
From the Ruhr University Bochum media release: Receptors for the messenger molecule serotonin can be modified in such a way that they can be activated by light. Together with colleagues, neuroscientists from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum…
New evidence confirms link between IQ, brain cortex
From the McGill University media release: Rate of change in the thickness of the brain’s cortex is an important factor associated with a person’s change in IQ, according to a collaborative study by scientists in…
Blood test identifies those at-risk for cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s within 3 years
From the Georgetown University Medical Center media release: Researchers have discovered and validated a blood test that can predict with greater than 90 percent accuracy if a healthy person will develop mild cognitive impairment or…
The dual role of brain glycogen
From the Institute for Research in Biomedicine media release: In 2007, in an article published in Nature Neuroscience, scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) headed by Joan Guinovart, an authority on…
Study links poor sleep quality to reduced brain gray matter in Gulf War vets
From the American Academy of Sleep Medicine media release: A new study of Gulf War veterans found an association between poor sleep quality and reduced gray matter volume in the brain’s frontal lobe, which helps…
Humans have a poor memory for sound
From the University of Iowa media release: Remember that sound bite you heard on the radio this morning? The grocery items your spouse asked you to pick up? Chances are, you won’t. Researchers at the…
Could metabolism play a role in epilepsy?
From the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) media release: Researchers from the Franciscan University of Steubenville, Ohio are exploring a possible link between metabolic defects and seizures. They determined that diet could influence susceptibility to…
American women fare worse than men following stroke
From the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center media release: The good news: More people survive stroke now than 10 years ago due to improved treatment and prevention. The bad news: Women who survive stroke have…
What makes us human? Unique brain area linked to higher cognitive powers
From the University of Oxford media release: Oxford University researchers have identified an area of the human brain that appears unlike anything in the brains of some of our closest relatives. The brain area pinpointed…