Study indicates sleep deprivation leads to mental lapses
From the University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences press release: Ever sleep poorly and then walk out of the house without your keys? Or space out on the highway and nearly hit a…
Study finds mapping brain connectivity with MRI may predict outcomes for cardiac arrest survivors
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release: A new study led by Johns Hopkins researchers found that measures of connectivity within specific cerebral networks were strongly linked to long-term functional outcomes in patients who had…
Study suggests people with psychotic-like experiences spend less time in healthy brain states
From the Elsevier press release: Healthy people experiencing subtle symptoms observed in psychotic disorders, such as hallucinations and delusions, have altered brain dynamics, according to a new study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and…
Prenatal exposure to BPA at low levels can affect gene expression in developing rat brain
From the North Carolina State University press release: New research from North Carolina State University reveals that prenatal exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) at levels below those currently considered safe for humans affects gene expression…
Discovery challenges belief about brain’s cellular makeup
From the Northwell Health press release: A discovery made by Junhwan Kim, PhD, assistant professor at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, is challenging science’s longstanding beliefs regarding the cellular makeup of the brain. This…
Study suggests brain’s response to mid-life surge in cell aging starts or ends a path to dementia
From the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston press release: Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Dentistry and McGovern Medical School have discovered a previously…
Study identifies neurons that rouse the brain to breathe
From the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center press release: A common and potentially serious sleep disorder, obstructive sleep apnea affects at least one quarter of U.S. adults and is linked to increased risk of diabetes,…
Study suggests football position and length of play affect brain impact
From the Radiological Society of North America press release: Researchers have found that damage to white matter in the brains of former college and professional football players due to recurrent head impacts can be related…
Study suggests sleepwalkers may have multitasking advantage over non-sleepwalkers when awake
From the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne press release: Try counting backwards from 200 in steps of 7 while walking en-route to your favourite café. Chances are, you will slow down or even freeze mid-stride, unless…
Study shows how the brain reacts to difficult moral issues
From the Aalto University press release: Are we more prone to help the person that resembles us the most? Social neuroscientists have studied the effects of similarity by showing a re-edited version of the film…