From the University of Leeds press release via EurekAlert!: Natural chemicals found in green tea and red wine may disrupt a key step of the Alzheimer’s disease pathway, according to new research from the University…
From the University of Alberta press release via ScienceDaily: There’s a billboard up ahead, a roadside sign full of language and imagery. Next stop: the emotionally distracted zone. One University of Alberta researcher has discovered…
From the McGill University press release via EurekAlert!: A study of eye movements in schizophrenia patients provides new evidence of impaired reading fluency in individuals with the mental illness. The findings, by researchers at McGill…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: When motors break down, getting where you want to go becomes a struggle. Problems arise in much the same way for critical brain receptors when the molecular…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: As the elderly age, their ability to concentrate, reason, and recall facts tends to decline in part because their brains generate fewer new neurons than they did…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release via EurekAlert!: Exercise doesn’t only strengthen your heart and muscles – it also beefs up your brain. Dozens of studies now show that aerobic exercise can…
From the Duke University press release via EurekAlert!: Rats can’t usually see infrared light, but they have “touched” it in a Duke University lab. The rats sensed the light as a sensation of touch after…
From the Brown University press release via EurekAlert!: Aphasia, an impairment in speaking and understanding language after a stroke, is frustrating both for victims and their loved ones. In two talks Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013,…
From the University of Oxford press release via EurekAlert!: Genes linked to autism and schizophrenia are only switched on during the early stages of brain development, according to a study in mice led by researchers…
From the McGill University press release via ScienceDaily: Our ability to learn and form new memories is fully dependent on the brain’s ability to be plastic — that is to change and adapt according to…