From the University of Birmingham press release: ‘Night owls’ — those who go to bed and get up later — have fundamental differences in their brain function compared to ‘morning larks’, which mean they could…
From the FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology press release: Experts from the Basque research centre BCBL have shown for the first time that the way in which the activity of two brains…
From the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences press release: Scientists around the world are still struggling to understand Alzheimer’s better in order to be able to treat and potentially prevent the…
From the Elsevier press release: Lifetime adversity and increased neural processing during a traumatic event combine to increase the frequency of intrusive traumatic memories and the distress they cause, according to a new study in Biological…
From the Karolinska Institutet press release: What happens in the brain when we feel discomfort? Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden are now one step closer to finding the answer. In a new study published…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: New research published in JNeurosci reports features of the brain in musicians with absolute, or perfect, pitch (AP) that likely enable individuals with this rare ability — shared by Mozart,…
From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release: Vivid dreams involving drinking and drug use are common among individuals in recovery. A study from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Recovery Research Institute, published in the January…
From the American Physiological Society press release: New research suggests that the relationship between physical and brain fitness varies in older adults by virtue of their sex. The study is published ahead of print in…
From the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University press release: Columbia neuroscientists have revealed that a simple brain region, known for processing basic sensory information, can also guide complex feats of mental activity. The new study…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Researchers have clarified the development of the ability to attend to a speaker in a noisy environment — a phenomenon known as the “cocktail party effect.” Published in JNeurosci,…