From the Duke University Medical Center press release via ScienceDaily: While studying the sense of touch, scientists at Duke Medicine have pinpointed specific neurons that appear to regulate perception. The sensory neurons are characterized by…
From the Lund University press release via ScienceDaily: Introducing a light-sensitive protein in transgenic nerve cells … transplanting nerve cells into the brains of laboratory animals … inserting an optic fibre in the brain and…
From the Public Library of Science press release via ScienceDaily: Researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR) have found a small population of neurons that is involved in measuring time,…
From the Brigham and Women’s Hospital press release via EurekAlert!: Achieving mindfulness through meditation has helped people maintain a healthy mind by quelling negative emotions and thoughts, such as desire, anger and anxiety, and encouraging…
From the Emory University press release by Carol Clark via ScienceDaily: The ability to learn complex, symbolic math is a uniquely human trait, but it is intricately connected to a primitive sense of magnitude that…
From the UC Davis press release via EurekAlert!: An intensive early intervention therapy that is effective for improving cognition and language skills among very young children with autism also normalizes their brain activity, decreases their…
From the Mount Sinai Medical Center press release via Newswise: An international team led by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York has for the first time shown that one area of…
From the Acoustical Society of America (ASA) press release via Newswise: People with perfect pitch seem to possess their own inner pitch pipe, allowing them to sing a specific note without first hearing a reference…
From the University of Pittsburgh press release: While Omega-3 essential fatty acids—found in foods like wild fish and grass-fed livestock—are necessary for human body functioning, their effects on the working memory of healthy young adults…
From the Mayo Clinic press release via EurekAlert!: A gene linked to the risk of developing Alzheimer’s, heart disease and diabetes becomes less important to quality of life once people hit their 90s, a Mayo…