In a study of mice, National Institutes of Health-funded researchers describe a new circuit involved in fine-tuning the brain's decision either to hide or confront threats. The study, published in Nature, was partially funded by the NIH's Brain Research...
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have now for the first time identified a sub-region in the brain that works to form a particular kind of memory: fear-associated with a specific environmental cue or...
The NUS-developed novel microfibre sensor, which functions like a conductive thread, is highly sensitive and ultra-thin with a diameter of a strand of human hair. Designed to be durable and washable, this invention has promising applications in the emerging...
A research team from Oxford University have shown how different colours of light could affect our ability to sleep.
The researchers, led by Dr Stuart Peirson from Oxford's Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute were aiming to understand why exposing mice...
Cooperation -- between family members, friends, coworkers and even governments around the world -- is viewed as a cornerstone of human society. But not everyone cooperates equally, as anyone who's worked on a group project knows. And one factor...
What causes people to break from a routine?
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Have you ever been stuck in a rut, going through the same motions day in and day out? How do you motivate to change your behavior?
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As COVID cases rise, physically distancing yourself from other people has never been more important. Now a new UCLA study reveals how your brain navigates places and monitors someone else in the same location.
Published Dec. 23 in Nature, the findings suggest...
Using Harvard-developed technology, scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have catalogued more than 20,000 brain cells in one region of the mouse hypothalamus. The study, published in Nature Neuroscience, revealed some 50 distinct cell types, including a...
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Android users are more honest than iPhone users say psychologists, in a study published this week which is the first to find a link between personality and smartphone type.
Four out of five UK adults now have...
Add-on treatment with high-dose b-vitamins can significantly reduce symptoms of schizophrenia more than standard treatments alone, a new study finds. Image credit: Flickr/Vitamina Verde
A review of worldwide studies has found that add-on treatment with high-dose b-vitamins - including B6,...
Blinking steadies our gaze, a new study finds. Credit: Stephen McNally
Every few seconds, our eyelids automatically shutter and our eyeballs roll back in their sockets. So why doesn't blinking plunge us into intermittent darkness and light? New research led...
