From the PLoS press release via MedicalXPress: There are a number of drugs and experimental conditions that can block cognitive function and impair learning and memory. However, scientists have recently shown that some drugs can…
From the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) press release via AlphaGalileo: Pain? Just turn it off! It may sound like science fiction, but researchers based in Munich, Berkeley and Bordeaux have now succeeded in inhibiting pain-sensitive neurons…
From the UC Santa Cruz press release: New connections between brain cells emerge in clusters in the brain as animals learn to perform a new task, according to a study published in Nature on February…
From the Wellcome Trust press release: Every generation has its James Dean: the rebel who refuses to follow the path beaten by their peers. Now, a new study in Current Biology has found a link…
From the University of Texas at Dallas press release: Just as expert chess players scrutinize a board to calculate their next moves, UT Dallas cognitive neuroscientists are studying the way these players’ brains work to…
From the Henry Ford Health System press release: If you’re a left brain thinker, chances are you use your right hand to hold your cell phone up to your right ear, according to a new…
From the Yale University press release by Bill Hathaway: When first exposed to cocaine, the adolescent brain launches a strong defensive reaction designed to minimize the drug’s effects, Yale and other scientists have found. Now…
From the University of Miami press release via EurekAlert!: Most people learn to count when they are children. Yet surprisingly, not all languages have words for numbers. A recent study published in the journal of…
From the University of Connecticut press release via EurekAlert!: Most people only think about drinking water when they are thirsty; but by then it may already be too late. Even mild dehydration can alter a…
From the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia press release via EurekAlert!: A new study from the Infant Brain Imaging Network, which includes researchers at the Center for Autism Research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP),…