From the Brookhaven National Laboratory press release via MedicalXpress: Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have revealed a new connection between drug addiction and a distinct part of the brain…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Neurodevelopmental disorders such as intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorders are marked by mutations that impair signaling between neurons. These mutations cause key brain circuits involved in…
From the Vanderbilt University press release via EurekAlert!: Why do our brains make more mistakes when we act quickly? A new study demonstrates how the brain follows Ben Franklin’s famous dictum, “Take time for all…
From the National Institute for Physiological Sciences (Japan) press release: A team of Japanese scientists have found scientific proof that people doing exercises appear to perform better when another person compliments them. The research was…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Caffeine perks up most coffee-lovers, but a new study shows a small dose of caffeine also increases their speed and accuracy for recognizing words with…
From the Wellcome Trust press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers supported by the Wellcome Trust have discovered that we use a different part of our brain to learn about social hierarchies than we do to learn…
From the AFTAU press release via ScienceDaily: When it comes to Alzheimer’s disease, scientists usually — and understandably — look to the brain as their first center of attention. Now researchers at Tel Aviv University…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Areas of the brain in blind people can learn to process visual input through the use of sound, even after years or perhaps even lifelong blindness, according…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: There’s no question that our ability to remember informs our sense of self. Now research published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological…
From the UC Santa Barbara press release via MedicalXpress: UC Santa Barbara has reported an important discovery in the interdisciplinary study of split-brain research. The findings uncover dynamic changes in brain coordination patterns between left…