From the Universität Basel press release: Scientists at the University of Basel have shown that LSD reduces activity in the region of the brain related to the handling of negative emotions like fear. The results,…
From the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business press release: How often do you act impulsively without considering the consequences? What if you could learn how to be more patient? By using functional MRI (fMRI)…
From the Northwestern University press release: Donald Tenbrunsel is 89 years old, but he is just as likely to talk to you about Chance the Rapper as reminisce about Frank Sinatra. The highly engaged and…
From the Universität Bonn press release: A new method could push research into developmental brain disorders an important step forward. This is shown by a recent study at the University of Bonn in which the researchers…
From the Washington University School of Medicine press release: In many neurodegenerative conditions — Parkinson’s disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and peripheral neuropathy among them — an early defect is the loss of axons, the wiring…
From the University of Surrey press release: Delaying school start times in the UK is unlikely to reduce sleep deprivation in teenagers, research from the University of Surrey and Harvard Medical School has found. The…
From the Vanderbilt University Medical Center: A natural signaling molecule that activates cannabinoid receptors in the brain plays a critical role in stress-resilience — the ability to adapt to repeated and acute exposures to traumatic…
From the University of Bristol press release: Targeting dementia in the earlier stages of the condition could be critical for the success of future therapies, say researchers from the University of Bristol, who have found…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release: Until recently, work on biological clocks that dictate daily fluctuations in most body functions, including core body temperature and alertness, focused on neurons, those electrically excitable cells…
From the University College London press release: Using a satnav to get to your destination ‘switches off’ parts of the brain that would otherwise be used to simulate different routes, reveals new UCL research. The…