From the University of Helsinki press release: A new study from the University of Helsinki, Finland, shows that individual circadian preference is associated with brain activity patterns during the night. Sleep spindles are bursts of…
From the Washington University School of Medicine press release: A defective gene linked to autism influences how neurons connect and communicate with each other in the brain, according to a study from Washington University School of…
From the NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke press release: Using an innovative “NeuroGrid” technology, scientists showed that sleep boosts communication between two brain regions whose connection is critical for the formation of memories. The…
From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute press release: Tiny microscopes mounted on mice’s heads have given researchers a peek into the neural circuitry of social behavior. Instincts such as mating or fighting are innate behaviors generally…
From the FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology press release: Almost 10% of the world population suffers dyslexia. Establishing an early diagnosis would allow the development of training programs to palliate this disorder. We…
From the University of North Carolina Health Care press release: Before we are born, the developing brain creates an incredible number of neurons, which migrate to specific parts of the brain to ready us for life.…
From the University of Oregon press release: For students in preschool, speaking two languages may be better than one, especially for developing inhibitory control — the ability to stop a hasty reflexive response and instead…
From the Elsevier press release: A new study in Biological Psychiatry has linked signs of heightened arousal and reactivity — a core symptom of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) — to overactivity of the locus coeruleus (LC), a…
From the University of Miami press release: What makes some people better able to resist temptation than others? Lucina Uddin and Jason Nomi, cognitive neuroscientists at the University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences…
From the Lund University press release: Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have for the first time convincingly shown where in the brain the earliest signs of Alzheimer’s occur. The discovery could potentially become significant to…