The number of people living well into their 90s is projected to quadruple by 2050. By mid-century, nearly 9 million people will be 90-years-old or older. In a first-of-its-kind study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,...
When the sleep-drive neurons turn on, it puts the fruit flies to sleep. And when the sleep-drive neurons are turned off in well-rested flies, the flies awaken.Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine
Studying fruit flies, whose sleep is remarkably similar to that...
Simply moving the eyes triggers the eardrums to move too, says a new study by Duke University neuroscientists.
The researchers found that keeping the head still but shifting the eyes to one side or the other sparks vibrations in the...
Credit: University of Bristol
Neuroscientists at the University of Bristol are a step closer to understanding how the connections in our brain which control our episodic memory work in sync to make some memories stronger than others. The findings, published...
Precisely timed electrical stimulation to the left side of the brain can reliably and significantly enhance learning and memory performance by as much as 15 percent, according to a study by a team of University of Pennsylvania neuroscientists published...
Brain activity during decision making.
Credit: Penn Medicine
During the last decade, commercial brain-training programs have risen in popularity, offering people the hope of improving their cognitive abilities through the routine performance of various "brain games" that tap cognitive functions such...
Extracellular needle-electrode with a diameter of 5 ?m mounted on a connector. Credit: (C) Toyohashi University of Technology. All Rights Reserved.
Single 5?m diameter needle electrode block modules for unit recordings in vivo
A research team in the Department of Electrical...
MRI coronal view of the amygdala.Credit: Amber Rieder, Jenna Traynor, Geoffrey B Hall
How different are men and women's brains?
The latest evidence to address this controversy comes from a study at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, where a...
People living in neighbourhoods with more birds, shrubs and trees are less likely to suffer from depression, anxiety and stress. Image credit: Flickr/Peter Miller
People living in neighbourhoods with more birds, shrubs and trees are less likely to suffer from...
Salk scientists show how visual neurons encode temporal dynamic information. It was previously thought that visual neurons encode information by summing the number of action potentials within a static temporal window. This representation is fixed, like a photo of...
new research from Duke University suggests the Oxytocin may also support spirituality. Credit: © wiertz / Flickr
'Love hormone' gives greater sense of spirituality than a placebo
Oxytocin has been dubbed the "love hormone" for its role promoting social bonding, altruism...
