Mind & Brain News
May 1, 2025
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Apr. 30, 2025 — An experiment seven years in the making has uncovered new insights into the nature of consciousness and challenges two prominent, competing scientific theories: Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and Global Neuronal Workspace Theory (GNWT). The ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — New multidisciplinary research shows that the brain forms memories of cold experiences and uses them to control our metabolism. The study shows that cold memories form in the brain -- and map out how they subsequently drive thermoregulation. The ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought unattainable: building a complete functional wiring diagram of a portion of the ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales found that the shingles vaccine appeared to lower new dementia diagnoses by 20% -- more than any other known ...
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May 1, 2025 — Many people around the world believe in karma -- that idea that divine justice will punish people who do bad deeds and reward those who good. But that belief plays out differently for oneself versus ...
Apr. 29, 2025 — A new study may offer reassuring news for parents whose children have a history of concussion, but want to get back to playing sports. Researchers ...
Apr. 29, 2025 — Depression in young teens could be easier to treat than in adulthood due to the symptoms being more flexible and not yet ingrained, a study ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Scientists have developed a highly sensitive method to detect illegal opioids and a veterinary sedative in Australia's wastewater system, providing a vital early warning tool to public health ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — To provide the right treatment for MS, it is important to know when the disease changes from relapsing-remitting to secondary progressive, a transition that is currently recognized on average three ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — To help achieve more precise control of gene therapy, engineers have designed a new control circuit that can keep gene expression levels within a target range. The method could be used to deliver ...
May 1, 2025 — Bad habits such as smoking, heavy drinking and lack of exercise must be tackled as early as possible to boost the odds of a happy and healthy old ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — Researchers have been putting ChatGPT essays to the test against real students. A new study reveals that the AI generated essays don't yet live up to the efforts of real students. While the AI essays ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — Researchers have found that drug effectiveness, alcohol tolerance, and carbohydrate metabolism change with the seasons. Their findings are based on a comprehensive seasonal gene expression map, which ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Falling off a horse at high-speed changes the impact to the rider's head and the parameters for a quality helmet, according to new research. The findings indicate that head impacts during falls at ...
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Apr. 30, 2025 — An increase in physical activity between the ages of 45 and 65 could help prevent Alzheimer's disease, while inactivity may be detrimental to brain ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — Researchers explored how manual and keyboard practice influenced children's abilities in their reading and writing learning process. 5-year-olds were taught an artificial alphabet using ...
Apr. 30, 2025 — Aiming to address age-related cognitive decline, a growing global health challenge, a team of researchers has developed a VR-based smell-training system to help combat it. This innovative VR game ...
Apr. 29, 2025 — Social singing and dance are often assumed to be hard-wired into the human condition; studies have supported the conclusion that these are common across cultures. But new research from an ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Scientists aren't comedians, but it turns out a joke or two can go a long way. That's according to a new study that found when researchers use humor in their communication -- particularly ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — New research sheds light on an understudied area of science: iron levels in the blood and their relationship to cognitive performance in women transitioning into menopause. The findings are good news ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Why do some people do more for the community than others? A new study now shows that personality traits such as extraversion and agreeableness correlate with volunteering and charitable ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — BU researchers develop a brain-inspired algorithm that can help people with hearing loss pick out conversations in noisy, crowded ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — Prions transmit their abnormally folded shape onto other proteins. Researchers designed a synthetic fragment of the tau protein that exhibits prion-like behavior. Misfolded tau proteins are the ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — A lab develops brain wave decoder that may help in spinal cord injury ...
Apr. 28, 2025 — A brisk walk, a splash of water aerobics, or even a light jog around the block -- if your heart rate goes up then so too will your brain health according to new ...
Apr. 25, 2025 — Researchers have discovered a new biomarker for Parkinson's disease. A misfolded protein facilitates reliable diagnosis even in the early stages of Parkinson's disease in body ...
Apr. 25, 2025 — A new study found that a gene recently recognized as a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease is actually a cause of it, due to its previously unknown secondary function that triggers a pathway that ...
Apr. 25, 2025 — A new study provides new evidence that sensory stimulation of a gamma-frequency brain rhythm may promote broad-based restorative neurological health ...
Apr. 25, 2025 — Patients with spastic paraplegia type 15 develop movement disorders during adolescence that may ultimately require the use of a wheelchair. In the early stages of this rare hereditary disease the ...
Apr. 25, 2025 — A new study sheds new light on these big questions, illuminating a general principle of neural processing in a mysterious region of the midbrain that is the very origin of our central serotonin ...
Apr. 25, 2025 — A team of researchers designed and tested a new digital toolkit that helps consumers make healthier grocery choices online -- an innovation that could play a major role in the global fight against ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — Humans are better than current AI models at interpreting social interactions and understanding social dynamics in moving scenes. Researchers believe this is because AI neural networks were inspired ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — Researchers trained and validated a deep learning model that can detect subtle changes across post-treatment brain scans and forecast glioma recurrence with up to 89 percent ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — In a landmark clinical trial people at risk for Alzheimer's who exercised at low or moderate-high intensity showed less cognitive decline when compared to those receiving usual ...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Increasing Physical Activity in Middle Age May Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease
- Children's Reading and Writing Develop Better When They Are Trained in Handwriting
- A Virtual Reality Game Integrating Smell to Fight Cognitive Decline
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Monday, April 28, 2025
- Using Humor in Communication Helps Scientists Connect, Build Trust
- Low Iron Could Cause Brain Fog During Menopause Transition
- Personality Traits Shape Our Prosocial Behavior
- Trouble Hearing in Noisy Places and Crowded Spaces? Researchers Say New Algorithm Could Help Hearing Aid Users
- First Synthetic 'mini Prion' Shows How Protein Misfolding Multiplies
- Brain Decoder Controls Spinal Cord Stimulation
- Move More, Think Sharper
Friday, April 25, 2025
- New Body-Fluid Biomarker for Parkinson's Disease Discovered
- AI Helps Unravel a Cause of Alzheimer's Disease and Identify a Therapeutic Candidate
- In Down Syndrome Mice, 40Hz Light and Sound Improve Cognition, Neurogenesis, Connectivity
- Immune Cells Drive Congenital Paralysis Disease
- Compelling New Insights Into Dynamics of the Brain's Serotonin System
- Nudges Improve Food Choices and Cut Calories When Shopping for Groceries Online
Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Awkward. Humans Are Still Better Than AI at Reading the Room
- Artificial Intelligence Tool Helps Predict Relapse of Pediatric Brain Cancer
- Even Light Exercise Could Help Slow Cognitive Decline in People at Risk of Alzheimer's
- Exercise Boosts Brain Health -- Even When Energy Is Low
- What Happens in the Brain When Your Mind Blanks
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Scientists Trick the Eye Into Seeing New Color 'olo'
- Vision Loss Fear May Keep Some from Having Cataract Surgery
- Clinical Trials to Test Vaccine Against Alzheimer's-Promoting Tau Protein
- By 15 Months, Infants Begin to Learn New Words for Objects, Even Those They've Never Seen
- ATP Prevents Harmful Aggregation of Proteins Associated With Parkinson's and ALS
- New Precision Mental Health Care Approach for Depression Addresses Unique Patient Needs
- Metabolic Syndrome Linked to Increased Risk of Young-Onset Dementia
- Link Between Heart Attack Severity and Circadian Rhythm Unveiled
- Empathy Might Be Retained in Alzheimer's Disease
- Psychedelics Can Reverse Neuroimmune Interactions That Boost Fear
- Family Dynamics Shape Body Image Differently Across Cultures
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- New Research Points out a Promising Strategy for Treating Metastatic Medulloblastoma
- A Repurposed Anti-Inflammatory Drug May Help Treat Alcohol Use Disorder and Related Pain
- Brain-Inspired AI Breakthrough: Making Computers See More Like Humans
- Uncontrolled Glutamate Release in the Brain
- Retinal Clues to Mental Health
- Three-Dimensional Gene Hubs May Promote Brain Cancer
- Adolescents Who Sleep Longer Perform Better at Cognitive Tasks
- How Dopamine Helps Us Learn to Avoid Bad Outcomes
- Listeners Use Gestures to Predict Upcoming Words
- Temporary Anxiety Impacts Learning
- Using ChatGPT, Students Might Pass a Course, but With a Cost
Monday, April 21, 2025
- Novel Treatment Approach for Language Disorder Shows Promise
- More Americans Are Using Psilocybin -- Especially Those With Mental Health Conditions, Study Shows
- Watching Our Brains Remember Multiple Things at Once
- Study Shows Addressing Working Memory Can Help Students With Math Difficulty Improve Word Problem-Solving Skills
- In Kids, EEG Monitoring of Consciousness Safely Reduces Anesthetic Use
- Building 'cellular Bridges' For Spinal Cord Repair After Injury
- New Research Lays Groundwork for Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease
- Engineered Microglia Show Promise for Treating Alzheimer's and Other Brain Diseases
- High-Tech Sticker Can Identify Real Human Emotions
- High-Fat, High-Sugar Diets Impact Cognitive Function
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Friday, April 18, 2025
- Scientists Identify Agent of Transformation in Protein Blobs That Morph from Liquid to Solid
- How Thoughts Influence What the Eyes See
- Environmental Variability Promotes the Evolution of Cooperation Among Humans: A Simulation-Based Analysis
- Cognitively Impaired Older Drivers Are Less Likely to Cause a Crash When Accompanied by a Passenger
- Soft Brainstem Implant Delivers High-Resolution Hearing
- Integrative Approach Reveals Promising Candidates for Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factors or Targets for Therapeutic Intervention
- A Wearable Smart Insole Can Track How You Walk, Run and Stand
- Insomnia and Sleep Medication Use Connected to Disability in Older Adults
- Researchers Use Machine Learning to Predict Exercise Adherence
- Screen Time Surprise Under Grandparents' Care
Thursday, April 17, 2025
- Nontraditional Risk Factors Shed Light on Unexplained Strokes in Adults Younger Than 50
- Groundbreaking Study Uncovers How Our Brain Learns
- Finding Friendship at First Whiff: Scent Plays Role in Platonic Potential
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- How Do Age, Sex, Hormones and Genetics Affect Dementia Biomarkers in the Blood?
- Climate-Related Trauma Can Have Lasting Effects on Decision-Making
- Mindfulness and Step Tracking Boosts Motivation to Exercise
- How Disturbed Signaling Pathways Could Promote Epileptic Seizures
- Simulating Protein Structures Involved in Memory Formation
- Towards Gene-Targeting Drugs Capable of Targeting Brain Diseases
- Favorite Music Sets the Brain's Opioids in Motion
- Viewing Art Can Boost Wellbeing by Giving Meaning to Life
- Nurturing Now, Thriving Later: The Lasting Power of Affectionate Mothering
- Hereditary Alzheimer's: Blood Marker for Defective Neuronal Connections Rises Early
- Nature-Based Activity Is Effective Therapy for Anxiety and Depression, Study Shows
- Popular Diabetes Medications, Including GLP-1 Drugs, May Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease
- Is My Green Your Green?
- Menopause at an Early Age Can Exacerbate Cognitive Decline
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
- Primate Mothers Display Different Bereavement Response to Humans
- Brain Areas Necessary for Reasoning Identified
- Common Genetic Variants Linked to Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
- Researchers Have Mapped the Hidden Control System of Vision
- The Brain Learns to Filter out Distracting Stimuli Over Time
- How Circadian Clocks Maintain Robustness in Changing Environments
- Simulate Sound in 3D at a Finer Scale Than Humans Can Perceive
- A Visual Pathway in the Brain May Do More Than Recognize Objects
Monday, April 14, 2025
- New Study Finds Surprising Way to Curb College-Aged Drinking Harms -- Without Cutting Alcohol
- Researchers May Have Solved Decades-Old Mystery Behind Benzodiazepine Side Effects
- LSD Analogue With Potential for Treating Schizophrenia Developed
- How Does Our Brain Regulate Generosity?
- AI Tool to Better Assess Parkinson's Disease, Other Movement Disorders
- Scientists Identify Key Enzyme in Alzheimer's Disease That Links Brain Inflammation to Memory Loss
- Rise and Shine: Natural Light Lessens Morning Fatigue
- Sleep Matters: Duration, Timing, Quality and More May Affect Cardiovascular Disease Risk
- Stress, Depression Factor Into Link Between Insomnia, Heavy Drinking
- How the Brain Controls Movement Under Uncertainty