Alzheimer’s Progression Trackable via Brain Scans

Alzheimer’s Progression Trackable via Brain Scans

A special kind of MR imaging can be used for the job

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 20th, 2013
Brain Structure Changes After Using Pain Pills

Brain Structure Changes After Using Pain Pills

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 19th, 2013
Area of the Brain Coding for Anxiety Discovered

Area of the Brain Coding for Anxiety Discovered

Study finds anxiety responses are heavily dependent on contexts

Innovative Algorithm Tracks Diseased Areas of the Brain

Innovative Algorithm Tracks Diseased Areas of the Brain

It is also able to map out their connections to health tissue

Viewing Junk Food Boosts Reward Circuitry Activity in the Brain

Viewing Junk Food Boosts Reward Circuitry Activity in the Brain

This may help explain the rampant spread of obesity

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 11th, 2012
How Sleep Debts Are Tied to Anxiety

How Sleep Debts Are Tied to Anxiety

New study sheds some more light on this connection

Brain Links Egalitarian Behavior to Morality

Brain Links Egalitarian Behavior to Morality

The finding is published in the esteemed journal PNAS

Both Brain Hemispheres Required for Creativity

Both Brain Hemispheres Required for Creativity

The exact source of this type of thinking has not yet been found

How Our Brains Process Different Types of Learning

How Our Brains Process Different Types of Learning

Researchers find interesting neural activation patterns during games

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 3rd, 2012
Changes in the Teen Brain Can Lead to Schizophrenia

Changes in the Teen Brain Can Lead to Schizophrenia

Gray matter volumes may have something to do with this, researchers say

Violent Games Influence the Brain for Up to Week

Violent Games Influence the Brain for Up to Week

Researchers measure the neural effects of violent video games

The ADHD Brain Displays an Interesting Anomaly

The ADHD Brain Displays an Interesting Anomaly

The feature was discovered during a recent scientific study

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 22nd, 2011
Meditation Shuts Down Parts of the Brain

Meditation Shuts Down Parts of the Brain

Experienced practitioners may be able to do this at will

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 19th, 2011
Alcohol Puts Brain into Mental 'Overdrive'

Alcohol Puts Brain into Mental 'Overdrive'

Alcoholics need to work a lot harder to complete even basic tasks

Dreams Activate Brains Areas as Seen in Conscious States

Dreams Activate Brains Areas as Seen in Conscious States

The similarity in patterns surprised investigators in a new study

Brain Areas Keeping Selfishness in Check Found

Brain Areas Keeping Selfishness in Check Found

They are also responsible for exerting behavioral control

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  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 23rd, 2011
IQ Level Has No Influence of Dyslexia

IQ Level Has No Influence of Dyslexia

MIT research disproves common myth about the disease

 
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