Study looks at how memories form and fade
From the California Institute of Technology press release: Why is it that you can remember the name of your childhood best friend that you haven’t seen in years yet easily forget the name of a…
Study looks at how single neurons and brain networks support spatial navigation
From the Ruhr-Universität Bochum press release: Spatial navigation is an essential cognitive function, which is frequently impaired in patients suffering from neurological and psychiatric disorders. Research groups worldwide have studied the neuronal basis of spatial…
Study suggests it’s possible to enhance or suppress memories
From the Boston University press release: What if scientists could manipulate your brain so that a traumatic memory lost its emotional power over your psyche? Steve Ramirez, a Boston University neuroscientist fascinated by memory, believes…
Study suggests multiple brain regions moderate and link depressive mood and pain
From the University of California – San Diego press release: Depression is linked to diminished activity in parts of the brain believed to regulate mood, which previous research suggests may explain why depressed persons display…
Study links air pollution to childhood anxiety
From the University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center press release: Exposure to air pollution is a well-established global health problem associated with complications for people with asthma and respiratory disease, as well as heart conditions…
Study links regular crosswords and number puzzles to sharper brain in later life
From the University of Exeter press release: Older adults who regularly take part in word and number puzzles have sharper brains, according to the largest online study to date. The more regularly adults aged 50…
Study suggests our attitudes can be changed by what we imagine
From the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences press release: Sometimes in life there are special places that seem to stand out to us — a school playground, perhaps an old church,…
Study suggests brain stimulation may improve working memory in adults
From the Duke Department of Neurology press release: Magnetic stimulation of the brain improves working memory, offering a new potential avenue of therapy for individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia, according…
Study looks at how we make complex decisions
From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology press release: When making a complex decision, we often break the problem down into a series of smaller decisions. For example, when deciding how to treat a patient, a…
Study suggests anxious people are quicker to flee danger
From the California Institute of Technology press release: Fear and anxiety are both responses to danger but differ in timing. Fear strikes when something is an imminent threat: a tiger jumps over a fence, lunging…