Nobody really knows how the activity in your brain reorganizes as you learn new tasks, but new research from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh reveals that the brain has various mechanisms and constraints by which it...
Researchers found that memory training provided only one-third the benefit to older adults with obesity than the benefit it provided to older adults without obesity.Image Credit: Flickr/Sarah
In the first study to compare the results of cognitive training by body...
Relentless cognitive decline as we age is worrisome, and it is widely thought to be an unavoidable negative aspect of normal aging. Researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas, however, say their research...
Research led by the Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), and the Ikerbasque Foundation has revealed the mechanisms that keep the brain clean during neurodegenerative diseases.
When neurons die, their debris need to be...
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If you're thinking about taking up running as your New Year's resolution and still need some convincing, consider this: MRI scans reveal that endurance runners' brains have greater functional connectivity than the brains of more sedentary...
"Children seem to interpret disjunction like conjunction," observes MIT Linguistics Professor Danny Fox. However, Fox adds, although "it has been claimed children are very different from adults in the interpretation of logical words," the study's larger implication is almost...
A magnified image of a mouse cerebellar section shows multiple layers. New research shows this part of the brain may be a target for treating autism through brain stimulation.
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Scientists are examining the feasibility of treating autistic children with...
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...
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...
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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...
Humans have evolved a disproportionately large brain as a result of sizing each other up in large cooperative social groups, researchers have proposed.
A team led by computer scientists at Cardiff University suggest that the challenge of judging a person's...
