From the Wellcome Trust press release via MedicalXpress: Researchers have developed a new technique which allows them to measure brain activity in large populations of nerve cells at the resolution of individual cells. The technique,…
From the Penn State College of Medicine press release via HealthCanal: Sleep-deprived surgeons can perform a previously learned task or learn a new task as well as surgeons who are rested, according to Penn State…
From the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) press release via Newswise: Can blindness or other forms of visual deprivation really enhance our other senses such as hearing or touch? While this theory is widely regarded…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release via Newswise: Brain networks may avoid traffic jams at their busiest intersections by communicating on different frequencies, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St.…
From the Bangor University press release via EurekAlert!: Psychologists at Bangor University believe that they have glimpsed for the first time, a process that takes place deep within our unconscious brain, where primal reactions interact…
From the Rush University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: Greater purpose in life may help stave off the harmful effects of plaques and tangles associated with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study by…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release via Newswise: A study on a handful of people with suspected mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD) suggests that a device that sends continuous electrical impulses to specific “memory” regions…
From the Kaiser Permanente press release via EurekAlert!: Depressive symptoms that occur in both midlife and late life are associated with an increased risk of developing vascular dementia, while symptoms that occur in late life…
From the European Society of Endocrinology press release via AlphaGalileo: Elderly people with pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes suffer from an accelerated decline in brain size and mental capacity in as little as two years…
From the University of Toronto press release via MedicalXPress: Many of us love massages, but imagine a massage so deep that tissues, organs and cells could also be ‘massaged’. That’s exactly what Vibroacoustic Therapy, a…