From the Canadian Association for Neuroscience press release via EurekAlert!: New research presented today shows that formation of new neurons in the hippocampus – a brain region known for its importance in learning and remembering…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release via ScienceDaily: Until now, little was scientifically known about the human potential to cultivate compassion — the emotional state of caring for people who are suffering in…
From the Canadian Association for Neuroscience press release via EurekAlert!: Studying the networks of connections in the brains of people affected by schizophrenia, bipolar disease or depression has allowed Dr. Peter Williamson, from Western University,…
From the University of Bergen press release via AlphaGalileo: Is it your own innate taste or what you have been taught that decides if you like a work of art? Both, according to an Australian-Norwegian…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers at Johns Hopkins have unraveled the molecular foundations of cocaine’s effects on the brain, and identified a compound that blocks cravings for the drug in…
From the Wiley press release via EurekAlert!: A new study determined that children and adolescents with seizures involving the temporal lobe are likely to have clinically significant behavioral problems and psychiatric illness, especially depression. Findings…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release via EurekAlert!: A large analysis of more than 100 studies from around the world shows that exposure to pesticides, or bug and weed killers, and solvents is…
From the Canadian Association for Neuroscience press release via EurekAlert!: New techniques in imaging of brain activity developed by Jean Gotman, from McGill University’s Montreal Neurological Institute, and his colleagues lead to improved treatment of…
From the American Academy of Sleep Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: A new study provides neurobiological evidence for dysfunction in the neural circuitry underlying emotion regulation in people with insomnia, which may have implications for…
From the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis press release by Michael C. Purdy via HealthCanal: Scientists’ picture of how a gene strongly linked to Alzheimer’s disease harms the brain may have to…