From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Differences in the physical connections of the brain are at the root of what make people think and behave differently from one another. Researchers reporting in the…
From the UCLA press release by Rachel Champeau via ScienceDaily: A team of academic researchers has pinpointed how vitamin D3 and omega-3 fatty acids may enhance the immune system’s ability to clear the brain of…
From the Medical University of Vienna press release via AlphaGalileo: Fear is a protective function against possible dangers that is designed to save our lives. Where there are problems with this fear mechanism, its positive…
From the Lancaster University press release via HealthCanal: A new drug to prevent the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease could enter clinical trials in a few years’ time according to scientists. Alzheimer’s is the most…
From the Caltech press release by Katie Neith via ScienceDaily: The skin is a human being’s largest sensory organ, helping to distinguish between a pleasant contact, like a caress, and a negative sensation, like a…
From the Scripps Research Institute press release via ScienceDaily: While the wooly musk ox may like it cold, fruit flies definitely do not. They like it hot, or at least warm. In fact, their preferred…
From the University of York press release via AlphaGalileo: A new study led by scientists at the Universities of York and Bradford has identified the two areas of the brain responsible for our perception of…
From the Institute of Physics (IOP) press release via AlphaGalileo: Magnetic fields produced by the naturally occurring electrical currents in the brain could potentially be used as an objective test for schizophrenia and help to…
From the Ohio State University press release by Jeff Grabmeier via HealthCanal: Older adults can improve their decision making and working memory simply by putting on a happy face, a new study suggests. Researchers found…
From the UC Davis press release via ScienceDaily: Working with patients with electrodes implanted in their brains, researchers at the University of California, Davis, and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)…