From the BMJ press release: The evidence for the harmful effects of alcohol on brain health is compelling, but now experts have pin-pointed three key time periods in life when the effects of alcohol are…
From the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston press release: The uniquely human ability to read is the cornerstone of modern civilization, yet very little is understood about the effortless ability to derive…
From the Nagoya University press release: A Nagoya University-led research team in Japan has found a new neural pathway that links the circadian clock, stress, and wakefulness in mammals. The team identified a neuron, called…
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: Since the coronavirus pandemic began in the spring, many people have only seen their close friends and loved ones during video calls, if at all. A new…
From the University of North Carolina Health Care press release: Strong emotions such as fear and anxiety tend to be accompanied and reinforced by measurable bodily changes including increased blood pressure, heart rate and respiration,…
From the University of Rochester Medical Center press release: While the broad architecture and organization of the human brain is universal, new research shows how the differences between how people reimagine common scenarios can be…
From the Baylor College of Medicine press release: A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Rice University has developed artificial intelligence (AI) models that help them better understand the brain computations…
From the Picower Institute at MIT press release: If you open your office door one morning and there is a new package waiting on your desk, that’s what you will notice most in the otherwise…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release: Older women who live in locations with higher levels of air pollution may have more brain shrinkage, the kind seen in Alzheimer’s disease, than women who live…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Learning a language later in life changes how the two halves of the brain contribute. As skills improve, language comprehension changes hemisphere specialization, but production does not, according…