From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: The human perception of pain can vary greatly depending on the situation. So it is possible that the same pain stimulus feels more or less painful under different conditions.…
From the Lehigh University press release: For the first time, researchers have provided physiological evidence that a pervasive neuromodulation system — a group of neurons that regulate the functioning of more specialized neurons — strongly…
From the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid press release: Adapting a traditional endless runner video game and using a raccoon as the protagonist, researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and the Complutense…
From the University of Turku press release: Researchers at the University of Turku have discovered what type of neural mechanisms are the basis for emotional responses to music. Altogether 102 research subjects listened to music…
From the University of Ottawa press release: The famous patient Henry Molaison (long known as H.M.) suffered damage to his hippocampus after a surgical attempt to cure his epilepsy. As a result, he had anterograde…
From the PLOS press release: Using machine learning, researchers have identified novel, distinct patterns of coordinated activity between different parts of the brain in people with major depressive disorder — even when different protocols are…
From the Ruhr-University Bochum press release: Contrary to previous assumptions, visual short-term memory is not merely based on one kind of information about an object, such as only its colour or only its name. Rather,…
From the UT Southwestern Medical Center press release: Two studies led by UT Southwestern researchers shed new light on how the brain encodes time and place into memories. The findings, published recently in PNAS and Science, not only…
From the New York University press release: Our brains respond to language expressing facts differently than they do to words conveying possibility, a team of neuroscientists has found. Its work offers new insights into the…
From the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) press release: Physical activity makes happy and is important to maintain psychic health. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH)…