Researchers examined effects of aerobic exercise, including stationary cycling, walking, and treadmill running. (stock image)
Credit: © glisic_albina / Fotolia
Aerobic exercise can improve memory function and maintain brain health as we age, a new Australian-led study has found.
...
By measuring the fast electrical spikes of individual neurons in the touch region of the brain, Brown University neuroscientists have discovered a new type of cell that keeps time so regularly that it may serve as the brain's long-hypothesized...
When you're suddenly able to understand someone despite their thick accent, or finally make out the lyrics of a song, your brain appears to be re-tuning to recognize speech that was previously incomprehensible.
University of California, Berkeley, neuroscientists have now...
The ability of an adult to learn and to perform cognitive tests is directly linked to how active the brain is at rest, UNSW researchers have found.
The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Brain Imaging and Behaviour, found that...
This is a pyramidal neuron.Credit: Chattarji laboratory
Mrs. M would never forget that day. She was walking along a busy road next to the vegetable market when two goons zipped past on a bike. One man's hand shot out and...
Image showing brain areas more active in controls than in schizophrenia patients during a working memory task during a fMRI study.Image Credit: Wikimedia
Virtual reality could hold the key to unlocking an affordable, reliable and effective device to provide...
Image Credit: Flickr/Jesse Kruger
Mandarin makes you more musical - and at a much earlier age than previously thought. That's the suggestion of a new study from the University of California San Diego. But hold on there, overachiever parents, don't'...
Brain patterns in 6 month old babies may predict autism in those at high risk.
Credit: © vetre / Fotolia
Functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (fcMRI) may predict which high-risk, 6-month old infants will develop autism spectrum disorder by age 2...
What does drinking beer really do? A new study has shown that drinking beer affects the way we see specific emotions and allows us to see happy faces faster. It also has surprising effects on sexual perception. These results*...
UCLA neuroscientists artificially stimulated neurons to help the aging brain recapture connections between related memories. Credit: UCLA/Silva Lab
Using a miniature microscope that opens a window into the brain, UCLA neuroscientists have identified in mice how the brain links different...
New research shows tha estrogen and progesterone cause the brain to favor one memory system or strategy over another.Image Credit: Flickr/picturesbyann
It’s been suggested that women are better at giving directions than men. New Concordia research published in the journal...
