From the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne press release: Stress is a major risk factor for a range of psychopathologies. However, stress does not affect everyone equally: in the face of sustained adversity, some people develop…
From the University of Bath press release: If you lean in for a kiss on the left you may be in the minority. A new study from an international team of psychologists and neuroscientists suggest that…
From the Frontiers press release: Researchers in the UK have used DNA sequencing to examine bacteria in post-mortem brains from patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Their findings suggest increased bacterial populations and different proportions of specific…
From the Frontiers press release: Scientists in Brazil have imaged elderly female yoga practitioners’ brains and found they have greater cortical thickness in the left prefrontal cortex, in brain areas associated with cognitive functions like…
From the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences press release: A new study from the University of Copenhagen shows that genetic defects may damage the supporting cells of the brain – the…
From the University of Exeter press release: The more regularly people report doing word puzzles such as crosswords, the better their brain function in later life, a large-scale and robust online trial has found. Experts at…
From the Radiological Society of North America press release: Changes in the visual systems of newly diagnosed Parkinson’s disease patients may provide important biomarkers for the early detection and monitoring of the disease, according to a…
From the Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena press release: “In our project, we are looking at how the brain makes hypnotic states possible,” explains Professor Wolfgang Miltner, who has been working on the phenomenon for decades. “First, we looked…
From the American Psychological Association press release: Magnetic resonance imaging scans suggest that the brains of women with bulimia nervosa react differently to images of food after stressful events than the brains of women without…
From the Tokyo Medical and Dental University press release: Recently, frequency of mastication has dramatically decreased along with changes in dietary habits. Masticatory stimulation has influence on the development of the central nervous system as well…