Study examines pathways to spatial recognition
From the Howard Hughes Medical Institute press release: When you are lost or disoriented, your brain uses cues from your surroundings — landmarks both near and far — to sort out where you are. The…
Study identifies connection between dopamine and behaviour related to pain and fear
From the University of Maryland School of Medicine press release: Scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have for the first time found direct causal links between the neurotransmitter dopamine and avoidance —…
Study suggests decision-making predicts future drug addiction in recreational users
From the Elsevier press release: Activity in decision-making brain regions of people who use recreational stimulants predicts who will discontinue use and who will develop a drug use disorder, according to a new study led…
Study looks at how bilinguals process language
From the University of California – Riverside press release: Research led by a psychologist at the University of California, Riverside, shows that bilinguals regulate, or suppress, their native language when reading in a second language.…
Study suggests older adults grow just as many new brain cells as young people
From the Cell Press press release: Researchers show for the first time that healthy older men and women can generate just as many new brain cells as younger people. There has been controversy over whether…
Study looks at effect of ADHD on brain size
From the Kennedy Krieger Institute press release: Children as young as four years old with symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) showed reduced brain volumes in regions essential for behavioral control, according to a study published…
Study suggests age-related memory issues may involve not just forgetting but also misremembering
From the Penn State press release: Older adults often complain about forgetting, but Penn State psychologists suggest that another problem may be misremembering. In a study, the researchers found that as people age, they may…
Study suggests compound in beets could help slow Alzheimer’s disease
From the American Chemical Society press release: A compound in beets that gives the vegetable its distinctive red color could eventually help slow the accumulation of misfolded proteins in the brain, a process that is…
Study suggests amygdala neurons increase as children grow, except in autism
From the University of California – Davis Health System press release: In a striking new finding, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute found that typically-developing children gain more neurons in a region of the…
Study looks at how brain differences shape decision-making
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: Each day brings with it a host of decisions to be made, and each person approaches those decisions differently. A new study by University of Illinois…