Brainwaves could help understanding of mental health disorders
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of Aberdeen have unlocked the details of a communication process that helps to generate the brainwaves that allow us to think and learn.
View ArticleStudy finds brain hub that links music, memory and emotion
(Physorg.com) -- We all know the feeling: a golden oldie comes blaring over the radio and suddenly we're transported back — to a memorable high-school dance, or to that perfect afternoon on the beach...
View ArticleResearchers identify a protein critical for memory, learning
Researchers from the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids) have made a breakthrough discovery that may eventually change the way physicians approach treatment of learning...
View ArticleBrain encodes complex plumes of odors with a simple code
In the real world, odors don't happen one puff at a time. Animals move through, and subsequently distort, plumes of odor molecules that constantly drift, changing direction as the wind disperses them....
View ArticleResearchers find brain differences between believers and non-believers
Believing in God can help block anxiety and minimize stress, according to new University of Toronto research that shows distinct brain differences between believers and non-believers.
View ArticleHow moths key into the scent of a flower
Moths need just the essence of a flower's scent to identify it, according to new research from The University of Arizona in Tucson.
View ArticleScientists identify the neural circuitry of first impressions
Neuroscientists at New York University and Harvard University have identified the neural systems involved in forming first impressions of others. The findings, which show how we encode social...
View ArticleTiny brain region better part of valor
Mice lose their fear of territorial rivals when a tiny piece of their brain is neutralized, a new study reports.
View Article'Mind-reading' experiment highlights how brain records memories
It may be possible to "read" a person's memories just by looking at brain activity, according to research carried out by Wellcome Trust scientists. In a study published today in the journal Current...
View ArticleCracking the spatial memory code
Researchers have shown that they can tell where a person is "standing" within a virtual reality room on the basis of the pattern of activity in the brain alone. The findings, published online on March...
View ArticleHeightened level of amygdala activity may cause social deficits in autism
Something strange is going on in the amygdala - an almond-shaped structure deep in the human brain - among people with autism.
View ArticleStudy shows brain activity associated with phantom limbs
Geneva, Switzerland - March 25, 2009 - Phantom limbs, often described after amputation, are also experienced as an extra limb in patients who are paralyzed on one side following a stroke. Referred to...
View ArticleNew robot 'steered by human thought': Honda
Japan's Honda said Tuesday it had developed a robot steered by human thought, thanks to a helmet-like device that measures a person's brain activity and sends signals to the machine.
View ArticleScientists develop new brain analytical tool
An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has developed a new analytical tool to answer the question of how our brain cells record outside stimuli and react to them.
View ArticleA mother's criticism causes distinctive neural activity among formerly depressed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Formerly depressed women show patterns of brain activity when they are criticized by their mothers that are distinctly different from the patterns shown by never depressed controls,...
View ArticleResearch moves a step closer to possibility of brain scan-assisted diagnosis...
Florence, Italy: Preliminary research examining the difference in brain activity between soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder and those without it moves scientists a step closer to the...
View ArticleYoung adults at future risk of Alzheimer's have different brain activity
(PhysOrg.com) -- Young adults with a genetic variant that raises their risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease show changes in their brain activity decades before any symptoms might arise, according to...
View ArticleBaby's first dreams: Research reveals sleep cycles in early fetus
After about seven months growing in the womb, a human fetus spends most of its time asleep. Its brain cycles back and forth between the frenzied activity of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and the quiet...
View ArticleResearchers use brain interface to post to Twitter (w/Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- In early April, Adam Wilson posted a status update on the social networking Web site Twitter -- just by thinking about it.
View ArticleFirst neuroimaging study examining motor execution in children with autism...
In the first neuroimaging study to examine motor execution in children with autism, researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute have uncovered important new insight into the neurological basis of...
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