From the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston press release: Using “sub-millimeter” brain implants, researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), have been able to determine which parts…
From the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University press release: A woman walking down the street hears a bang. Several moments later she discovers her boyfriend, who had been walking ahead of her, has been shot.…
From the University of Tsukuba press release: The presence of dreaming during rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep indicates that memory formation may occur during this sleep stage. But now, researchers from Japan have found that activity in…
From the Duke University press release: A Duke University research team has found a small area of the brain in mice that can profoundly control the animals’ sense of pain. Somewhat unexpectedly, this brain center…
From the McLean Hospital press release: Results from a new study suggest that whether certain genes are expressed — turned on or off — may play a role in susceptibility to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).…
From the Stanford University press release: Even among healthy people, a faltering memory is often an expected part of aging — but it’s not inevitable. “Some individuals exhibit remarkable maintenance of memory function throughout late…
From the Yale University press release: Yale researchers have found a neural home of the feeling of stress people experience, an insight that may help people deal with the debilitating sense of fear and anxiety…
From the American Friends of Tel Aviv University press release: During sleep and under anesthesia, we rarely respond to such external stimuli as sounds even though our brains remain highly active. Now, a series of…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: A child’s unique brain activity reveals how good their memories are, according to research recently published in JNeurosci. When you scramble to remember a phone number as you enter…
From the University College London press release: Persistently engaging in negative thinking patterns may raise the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, finds a new UCL-led study. In the study of people aged over 55, published in Alzheimer’s…