From the Harvard University press release: Between sights, sounds, smells and other senses, the brain is flooded with stimuli on a moment-to-moment basis. How can it sort through the flood of information to decide what…
From the UCLA press release: Lovers of Indian food, give yourselves a second helping: Daily consumption of a certain form of curcumin — the substance that gives Indian curry its bright color — improved memory…
From the University of Washington press release: Touch is the first of the five senses to develop, yet scientists know far less about the baby’s brain response to touch than to, say, the sight of…
From the University of Vienna press release: Sexualized representations, especially the emphasis of secondary sexual characteristics, can change the way we perceive an individual. An international team of researchers led by Giorgia Silani from the…
From the Brigham and Women’s Hospital press release: A new study suggests an association between elevated amyloid beta levels and the worsening of anxiety symptoms. The findings support the hypothesis that neuropsychiatric symptoms could represent…
From the McLean Hospital press release: McLean Hospital neuroscientists have found that even a brief episode of immune system activation within days of birth can cause persistent changes in sleep patterns concurrent with increases in…
From the American Geriatrics Society press release: Cognition is the ability to think and make decisions. Medication-free treatments that maintain cognitive health as we age are attracting the attention of medical experts. Maintaining the ability…
From the Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan press release: New research reports that hyperreactive brain networks could play a part in the hypersensitivity of fibromyalgia. A new study finds that patients with fibromyalgia have…
From the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences press release: Keith Jarret, world-famous jazz pianist, once answered in an interview when asked if he would ever be interested in doing a concert…
From the University of Oslo, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences press release: How the brain is able to store memories over long periods of time has been a persistent mystery to neuroscientists. In a…