Intelligence News
February 13, 2025
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Jan. 28, 2025 A new study explores the effects of both recent and lifetime cannabis use on brain function during cognitive tasks. The study, the largest of its kind ever to be completed, examined the effects of ...
Feb. 5, 2025 A new study has found that certain bacteria were associated with better memory and attention, while others were linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer's ...
Feb. 6, 2025 Researchers have unveiled the precise brain mechanisms that enable animals to overcome instinctive fears. The study in mice could have implications for developing therapeutics for fear-related disorders such as phobias, anxiety and post-traumatic ...
Feb. 6, 2025 People's ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution, potentially making everyday activities, such as the weekly supermarket shop, more ...
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Feb. 10, 2025 Researchers discovered that nearly 70 per cent of suspected frontotemporal dementia patients ultimately did not have the disease in a study aimed at identifying factors that contribute to ...
Feb. 5, 2025 When given the opportunity, individuals will cheat to feel smarter or healthier, engaging in diagnostic self-deception to convince themselves that their performance is due to their ability and not ...
Feb. 4, 2025 A paradigm-shifting study shows an experimental drug, GL-II-73, has the potential to restore memory and cognitive function in a mouse model of ...
Feb. 3, 2025 Researchers have uncovered how perceptual memories linked to positive emotions, such as joy or happiness, are strengthened during sleep. The study could help scientists understand the neurological ...
Feb. 3, 2025 A team of scientists has unveiled how the hippocampus orchestrates multiple memory processes, including encoding new information, forming memories, and retrieving ...
Feb. 3, 2025 Our brain is remarkably flexible in producing different reactions to supposedly comparable situations. The same sensory information can lead to different decisions depending on the behavioral ...
Jan. 30, 2025 Being more social by visiting friends, attending parties and going to church may help keep your brain healthy, according to new ...
Jan. 30, 2025 An artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to predict a person's biological age (age of body cells and tissues) based on electrocardiogram (ECG) ...
Jan. 29, 2025 New psychology research indicates that multilingual children may have enhanced executive function and perspective taking ...
Jan. 27, 2025 Scientists have recently shown that both the quality and the amount of sleep we get may influence our risk of developing Alzheimer's ...
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Jan. 29, 2025 Researchers discovered children ages 3 to 5 tested before and after COVID lockdowns had a significant gap in a key cognitive skill, particularly for children from homes with low financial resources ...
Jan. 27, 2025 A study showed that changes in the functioning of opioid neurotransmitters in the brain may underlie ...
Jan. 24, 2025 Researchers have found a promising drug candidate that could help restore vision in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) and other neurological conditions that damage ...
Jan. 24, 2025 A new study sheds light on one of the most severe consequences of stroke: damage to the brain's 'cables'-- the so-called nerve fibers -- which leads to permanent ...
Jan. 23, 2025 Two-thirds of people with post-COVID-19 syndrome have persistent, objective symptoms -- including reduced physical exercise capacity and reduced cognitive test performances -- for a year or more, ...
Jan. 22, 2025 New guidelines will help doctors identify patients with a common memory-loss syndrome that is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease in older adults. The diagnostic criteria for ...
Jan. 22, 2025 Researchers demonstrated that individuals who had childhood epilepsy have an increased accumulation of brain amyloid later in life, potentially predisposing them to late-onset brain amyloid ...
Jan. 21, 2025 A breakthrough study sheds new light on how brain cells relay critical information from their extremities to their nucleus, leading to the activation of genes essential for learning and ...
Jan. 17, 2025 Neuroscientists have set up computer frameworks that can help model individual brain ...
Jan. 17, 2025 A new study has found older-looking brains in adults with sickle cell disease, helping to explain the cognitive challenges experienced by such individuals. A brain image from a healthy individual ...
Jan. 17, 2025 Neuroscientists have identified that the receptor IL-1R1 plays a critical role in enabling neurons to directly communicate with the immune system. The new study provides the most detailed mapping of ...
Jan. 15, 2025 Regular aerobic exercise could significantly reduce disease markers associated with Alzheimer's, new research has found. The findings provide new hope in the battle against this devastating ...
Jan. 15, 2025 People who eat more red meat, especially processed red meat like bacon, sausage and bologna, are more likely to have a higher risk of cognitive decline and dementia when compared to those who eat ...
Jan. 15, 2025 Scientists have come up with a drug that is a potential candidate for tackling memory deficits in the early stages of the disease in rodents. Research shows that the drug activates the cannabinoid ...
Jan. 15, 2025 An international study has identified three psychological profiles associated with different patterns of cognitive and brain decline in aging. The study, which analyzed more than 1,000 middle-aged ...
Jan. 13, 2025 Mild cognitive impairment is linked to blood vessel dysfunction in the brain's temporal lobes -- the seat of memory -- according to a new study. The findings, seen in people with and without ...
Jan. 13, 2025 Researchers have uncovered novel insights into how brain function disruptions related to cerebrovascular disease (CeVD) interact with Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology to impact ...
Jan. 10, 2025 Cognitive profiles for early diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) have been outlined in a new study. Although DLB is the second most common neurodegenerative dementia following ...
Jan. 7, 2025 A study has found cardiovascular conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes, which are known to contribute to brain blood vessel damage in younger populations, not to be associated with an ...
Jan. 3, 2025 A new study adds to the growing body of evidence on the cognitive benefits of speaking multiple languages, finding that multilingualism not only enhances general cognitive abilities but also may help ...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Monday, January 27, 2025
Friday, January 24, 2025
- New Drug Shows Promise in Restoring Vision for People With Nerve Damage
- Researchers Map the Brain's Self-Healing Abilities After Stroke
Thursday, January 23, 2025
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
- Researchers Create New Guidelines to Diagnose Common Memory Disorder Frequently Mistaken for Alzheimer's Disease
- Childhood Epilepsy May Predispose to Memory Disorders Later in Life
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Friday, January 17, 2025
- Researchers Map Individual Brain Dynamics
- Brains of People With Sickle Cell Disease Appear Older
- 'Ding-Dong:' A Study Finds Specific Neurons With an Immune Doorbell
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- Aerobic Exercise: A Powerful Ally in Fight Against Alzheimer's
- Is Eating More Red Meat Bad for Your Brain?
- A Molecule Is Shown to Produce Cognitive Improvement in Rodents With Early Alzheimer's Disease
- Researchers Identify Three Psychological Profiles That Could Determine the Evolution of Mental, Cognitive and Brain Health in Aging
Monday, January 13, 2025
- Circulation Problems in the Brain's Seat of Memory Linked to Mild Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults
- Brain Connectome Phenotype Linked to Cerebrovascular Disease Can Track Cognitive Decline
Friday, January 10, 2025
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
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Thursday, January 2, 2025
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Friday, December 20, 2024
Thursday, December 19, 2024
- Getting Rehab Earlier Improves Concussion Outcomes
- Machine Psychology: A Bridge to General AI?
- Brain Inflammation Alters Behavior According to Sex, Mouse Study Finds
- Drinking Coffee May Help Prevent Mental Decline in People With Atrial Fibrillation
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- Dyslexia Genetics Linked to Brain Structure
- Sleep Apnea Linked to Changes in the Brain
- Study Supports New Blood-Based Biomarker to Detect Early Brain Changes Leading to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia
Monday, December 16, 2024
- Staying Sharp: Study Explores How Brain Changes May Affect Financial Skills
- Ditch TV and Read a Book: Research Delivers Best Moves to Reduce Dementia Risk
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
- Fluctuating Blood Pressure Tied to Problems With Thinking Skills
- Intelligence Requires the Whole Brain
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
- Resolving Ambiguity: How the Brain Uses Context in Decision-Making and Learning
- Sculpting the Brain (Without Chisel or Scalpel)
Monday, December 9, 2024
- Researchers 'see' Vulnerability to Gaming Addiction in the Adolescent Brain
- Short-Term Cognitive Boost from Exercise May Last for 24 Hours
Friday, December 6, 2024
- Why People Remember Certain Things and Not Others
- Early Detection of High-Altitude Hypoxic Brain Injury
Thursday, December 5, 2024
- New Pathways to Long-Term Memory Formation
- To Remember Conversations, Keep Making New Brain Cells
- Unlocking the Science of Sleep: How Rest Enhances Language Learning
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Study in Neurosurgery Patients Reveals Numerical Concepts Are Processed Deep in Ancient Part of Brain
- New Hope for Schizophrenia: iTBS Over the Left DLPFC Improves Negative and Cognitive Symptoms
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
- Soccer Heading Damages Brain Regions Affected in CTE, Study Finds
- Brain Stimulation Effectiveness Tied to Learning Ability, Not Age
- New Discovery Could Offer Significant Answers on Alzheimer's Disease
- Newer Epilepsy Medications Used During Pregnancy Do Not Affect Neurological Development in Children
- Long COVID Brain Fog Linked to Lung Function
- Concussions Slow Brain Activity of High School Football Players
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Friday, November 22, 2024
- Overthinking What You Said? It's Your 'lizard Brain' Talking to Newer, Advanced Parts of Your Brain
- New Insights Into Sleep Uncover Key Mechanisms Related to Cognitive Function
Thursday, November 21, 2024
- Snoring Linked to Behavioral Problems in Adolescents Without Declines in Cognition
- Short-Term Menopausal Hormone Therapy Has No Long-Term Cognitive Impact, Study Finds
- Signals of Inflammation During Pregnancy Linked to Aging and Memory Changes 50 Years Later
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
- How Educational Attainment May Impact Memory and Dementia Risk Later in Life
- Athletes Have Significantly Better Working Memory Than Sedentary People
- Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Diagnose Depression
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
- Study Identifies Potential New Drug for Parkinson's-Related Cognitive Decline, Dementia
- Creativity Camp Improves Adolescent Mental Health, Well-Being
- Can Everyday Physical Activity Improve Cognitive Health in Middle Age?
Monday, November 18, 2024
- Multiple Sclerosis Drug May Help With Poor Working Memory
- Neural Mechanisms of Sleep-Dependent Motor Learning Revealed in New Study on Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Friday, November 15, 2024
Thursday, November 14, 2024
- New Insights Into How We Navigate Space and Store Memories
- It's My Brain's Fault! Why Teenagers Make Often Unwise Decisions
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Monday, November 11, 2024
Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Memories Are Not Only in the Brain, New Research Finds
- Prevalence of Unrecognized Cognitive Impairment in Socially and Economically Vulnerable Older Adults Is High
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
- Sleepiness During the Day May Be Tied to Pre-Dementia Syndrome
- What Happens in Your Brain While You Watch a Movie
- Researchers Have Uncovered the Mechanism in the Brain That Constantly Refreshes Memory
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Friday, November 1, 2024
Thursday, October 31, 2024
- Autistic Traits Shape How We Explore
- Sleep Apnea Contributes to Dementia in Older Adults, Especially Women
- Meta-Learning of Motor Skills in the Dorsal Premotor Cortex of the Brain
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
- New Study Shows Combination Therapy Slows Cognitive Decline in at-Risk Populations
- Similarities in Brain Development Between Marmosets and Humans
- Combining VR and Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation: A Neurotechnology That Boosts Spatial Memory Without Surgery
Monday, October 28, 2024
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Nigerians Are Experiencing Neuro-Long COVID, Research Finds
- Chronic Pain Can Be Predicted Within Three Days of an Injury
- Reminders Can Eliminate Age-Related Symptoms of Decline in Memory
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
- Bilingualism May Maintain Protection Against Alzheimer's
- Crucial Role of Cerebellum in Social and Cognitive Functioning
Friday, October 18, 2024
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- Good Physical Fitness from Childhood Protects Mental Health
- How Do You Remember How to Ride a Bike? Thank Your Cerebellum