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Researchers have determined that seniors who display healthier nerve connections than their peers tend to be smarter and mentally sharper later on in life. The discovery was made by experts at the Age UK charity.
Maintaining the quality of synapses is therefore shaping up to be one of the most important objectives ... |
24 May 2012
06:01 GMT |
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In past studies, scientists concluded that the human brain exhibited a seemingly-random architecture, with neural connections intertwined in very complex patterns. A new research has recently revealed that this understanding is false, and that the brain is in fact more ordered than first established.
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30 March 2012
07:33 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that the human brain displays a lot more flexibility than researchers previously gave it credit for. What this discovery means is that, one day, people needing prosthetics could be outfitted with devices that would feel as their own limbs did. B... |
5 March 2012
03:47 GMT |
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A group of investigators at the University of California in Davis (UCD) announces the discovery of a series of mechanisms that allows our brains to remain alert, by adapting itself to cues our environment throws at us.
These cues include natural events, social situations, language, emotions experienced by others an... |
13 January 2012
09:39 GMT |
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Investigators from the Boston University (BU) and the ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, in Kyoto, Japan, say that it may be possible to soon use a new technology for boosting visual perceptual learning, or even healing mental damage.
This could be done with little or no conscious effort on the part of th... |
9 December 2011
05:03 GMT |
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University of Arizona Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences assistant professor Stephen Wilson recently managed to figure out in a new study that white brain matter plays a huge role in underlying the way the brain understands language.
White matter pathways have largely gone by ignored by researchers... |
28 November 2011
03:42 GMT |
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University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) investigators say that the brains of autistic children do not develop as fast and as efficiently as the brains of healthy kids of comparable age and status.
This discovery potentially indicates new avenues of research when it comes to understanding autism, and developi... |
21 October 2011
05:57 GMT |
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A group of experts at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim were recently able to explain the teleportation effect rats feel. It was determined that certain neurons in the rodents' brains compete for dominance for precise periods of time.
The effect can be seen as the animals scamper... |
30 September 2011
03:07 GMT |
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One of the ways the human brain uses to improve its memory capabilities is to stage competitions between individual nerve cells called neurons. These stand-offs improve the neural circuitry that memories relies on, allowing people to remember things more vividly.Scientists at the University of Michigan, who conducted... |
24 June 2011
11:04 GMT |
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A group of scientists believes it may have discovered one of the mechanisms underlying the development of autism. The condition, which affects numerous children around the world, is being fervently researched, but progress is generally slow. People who suffer from this condition tend to exhibit impaired social skills... |
4 May 2011
03:49 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that the human brain is constantly creating maps of its surroundings, which it then uses to navigate the environment. The ability also enables us to form and store memories related to these movements.But the research also indicates that malfuncti... |
2 May 2011
07:54 GMT |
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The reason why we experience “what was I thinking?”-type moments is the fact that portions of the brain literally go for a nap at times, logging off and leaving no one behind the wheel. This is the conclusion of a new study that investigated this common behavior in rat models. The rodents offer a good ana... |
29 April 2011
10:26 GMT |
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In a new scientific study, experts managed to demonstrate that meditation can be a powerful tool for making rational decisions, as well as for dealing with unfair situations when they present themselves.Researches such as this one are informed by the fact that practitioners of Buddhism, who are known to meditate for ... |
21 April 2011
08:59 GMT |
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University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine investigators have finally cracked the mystery surrounding how the relentless ringing in the ears known as tinnitus develops. The condition is oftentimes life-changing, and discovering its root cause was one of the last remaining obstacles to developing a cure.Tinnitus is t... |
19 April 2011
04:58 GMT |
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Food action displays similar symptoms and neural activation patterns as drug addiction, researchers show in a new study. The paper proves conclusively that certain substances in specific food can indeed “hook” eaters in the same way that drugs do.The work shows that eating, in some case, produces activati... |
11 April 2011
11:01 GMT |
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For the first time ever, scientists have now put together a model of the autistic brain, which reveals the changes that allow the autistic brain to have the abilities it does. The model combines well over 15 years of research into this field.For years, experts have been wondering about how is it that people suffering... |
5 April 2011
17:01 GMT |
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Stanford University investigators discovered the neural pathways that are responsible for controlling anxiety in the brains of unsuspecting mice, and are convinced that they could translate the findings to humans as well. Brain cell connections determining anxiety-related behavior are tremendously intricate, the team... |
10 March 2011
04:48 GMT |
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In a new study conducted on antidepressants and their effect on the human body, researchers from the United States were able to identify a new mechanism through which chemicals in drugs might be acting on the human brain, moods and so on. In order to conduct the research, scientists used a simple cell-based fluoresce... |
8 February 2011
03:53 GMT |
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A team of investigators believes that severe cases of depression could be addressed by implanting pacemaker-like devices in the brain. These tools would provide relief in the case of patients that do not readily respond to standard therapies and medication. Official statistics show that an estimated 10 percent of all... |
2 February 2011
09:13 GMT |
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Over millions of years of evolution, humans have developed an advanced predictive system, that allows them to forecast events in the near future with varying degrees of certainty. A new study highlights more details on how this trait functions. In the investigation, researchers wanted to learn to what extent does the... |
31 January 2011
10:38 GMT |
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A team of investigators from The Scripps Research Institute (SRI) announces the discovery of a neural pathway that dictates precisely how susceptible an individual is of getting hooked on the addictive properties of nicotine.According to the new study, the mechanism the team identified in the human brain could soon b... |
31 January 2011
03:29 GMT |
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People who say that they are “addicted” to music are not lying, researchers have shown in a new study. In fact, they may be more right than they themselves believe. The research evidences the biochemical mechanisms that underlie music addiction. When most individuals really like a song, they experience ch... |
22 January 2011
06:57 GMT |
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In a new scientific investigation, researchers demonstrate that smokers who see actors light up their cigarettes on the screen during movies are very tempted to do so themselves. The discovery was made by using a brain-imaging technique on regular smokers who watched movies depicting the habit. According to the res... |
19 January 2011
03:57 GMT |
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Experts announce the discovery of a previously-unidentified neural circuit, which may play a critical role in determining when the person we're talking to is lying or being honest. Malfunctions in this pathway may be underlying paranoia, some now believe. This condition, in which some people become suspicious of... |
16 December 2010
09:22 GMT |
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In an achievement that could help researchers analyze the complexity and variety of nerve cell connections developing in the human brain, experts in the United States managed to develop a method for locating and counting synapses that are created between neurons.Each of the nerve cells can connect to thousands of oth... |
20 November 2010
04:15 GMT |
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Investigators finally managed to gain new insight into how the complex network of neurons in the auditory cortex responds to sounds within a specific frequency band.Discovering how this happens has been a long-standing goal for experts. Previous studies have demonstrated that our brains are capable of mapping the aur... |
19 October 2010
04:48 GMT |
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A team of investigators managed to use an established form of brain imaging to produce maps of how neural networks change and evolve in the human brain over a period of time.Mapping out these complex interactions was no easy task, but determining this data was of the utmost importance. The study was mostly conducted ... |
10 September 2010
09:27 GMT |
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A group of experts from the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago has recently made a very interesting finding. The scientists learned that, in older patients, the presence of symptoms associated with depression can be a clear indicator of a person's chances of developing Alzheimer's disease. This is a ... |
21 July 2010
09:50 GMT |
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One of the things neurobiologists know about the human brain is that it's incredibly flexible. This ability is crucial for our race's superior cognitive capabilities, but it also represents one of the most mysterious aspects of the human brain. Scientists are still unable to explain why the newborn brain is... |
23 June 2010
06:47 GMT |
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When children are born, their brains are far from the organizational complexity the adult cortex is renowned for. Their nerve cells (or neurons) are interconnected very loosely, and experts determined in previous studies that they continuously searched for other cells to bind to. But scientists were very curious to l... |
17 May 2010
05:48 GMT |
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One of the main objectives in the robotics industry today is for the research community to develop a method of making robots able to switch their gait depending on the terrain ahead. While this comes absolutely natural to humans, it is extremely difficult to implement in artificial machines. Up until now, robots have... |
18 January 2010
01:27 GMT |
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Similar to experts who used the Rosetta Stone to understand Egyptian hieroglyphs more than 200 years ago, scientists at the Carnegie Mellon University are using a number of imaging techniques to understand the complex mechanisms and processes that underlie the human brain. The team combines brain imaging methods and ... |
13 January 2010
04:46 GMT |
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Most of you know that when a headache or a migraine strikes, a shadowy corner, or a room with as little light as possible, is the natural choice. Apparently, less bright lights have an alleviating effect on the pain, and this has puzzled researchers for many years. Now, finally, experts have managed to discover why w... |
11 January 2010
02:53 GMT |
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According to a new study published in the August 5th issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, it may be that abnormal and self-arranging neuron wirings inside the brain play an important role in counteracting the mutations induced by the motor disorder known as dystonia. The disease manifests itself through causing sust... |
5 August 2009
04:17 GMT |
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