From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: New research explains how speaking more than one language may translate to better mental health. A paper published by Cell Press in the March 29th issue of…
From the NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release via EurekAlert!: The brain appears to be wired more like the checkerboard streets of New York City than the curvy lanes of Columbia, Md., suggests a…
From the BioMed Central press release: Cognitive training including puzzles, handicrafts and life skills are known to reduce the risk, and help slow down the progress, of dementia amongst the elderly. A new study published…
From the UC San Diego press release by Scott LaFee: Repeated stress triggers the production and accumulation of insoluble tau protein aggregates inside the brain cells of mice, say researchers at the University of California,…
From the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine press release: Working with genetically engineered mice and the genomes of thousands of people with schizophrenia, researchers at Johns Hopkins say they now better understand how both nature…
From the UCLA press release via EurekAlert!: Individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) often undergo multiple courses of antidepressant treatment during their lives. This is because the disorder can recur despite treatment and because finding…
From the Journal of Visualised Experiments press release: Though the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been steadily climbing— from 6 in 1,000 children in 2002, to nearly 10 in 1,000 children in 2006,…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: One cup or two faces? What we believe we see in one of the most famous optical illusions changes in a split second; and so does the path that the…
From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine via ScienceDaily: Insulin resistance in the brain precedes and contributes to cognitive decline above and beyond other known causes of Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study…
From the Mary Ann Liebert Inc., Publishers press release via AlphaGalileo: Healthy individuals who carry a gene variation linked to an increased risk of autism have structural differences in their brains that may help explain…