A recording site (grey dot) in a brain region responsible for social interaction showed clear differences in neural activity when the subject was talking to the life partner (green curve) vs. the physician (blue curve).
Human speech comes in countless...
In the marked brain region the thickness of the cerebral cortex decreased after psychotherapy.Credit: UZH
Anxiety in social situations is not a rare problem: Around one in ten people are affected by social anxiety disorder during their lifetime. Social anxiety...
Study reveals a common beat in global music. Credit: Flickr/Luciana Ruivo
A new study carried out by the University of Exeter and Tokyo University of the Arts has found that songs from around the world tend to share features, including...
Scientists have identified part of our brain that helps us learn to be good to other people.
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Scientists from Oxford University and UCL have identified part of our brain that helps us learn to be good...
In a pioneering project, researchers studied the development of school curricula in Switzerland's three main language regions. This SNSF-funded project clearly showed that ever since the Swiss school system was created in 1830 the importance and content of every...
The study, funded by the National Institute on Aging, tested brain training in 2,785 healthy adults, discovering it can delay dementia related to Alzheimer's disease and other age-related conditions.
The new clinical trial results, presented Sunday at the Alzheimer’s Assn.’s...
This photo shows Jun-Hyeong Cho (left) and Woong Bin Kim.
Credit: Cho lab, UC Riverside
Research published by scientists at the University of California, Riverside on "fear memory" could lead to the development of therapies that reduce the effects of post-traumatic...
Blue shows areas of gray matter volume decrease, likely reflecting shifting of cerebrospinal fluid. Orange shows regions of gray matter volume increase, in the regions that control movement of the legs. This likely reflects brain plasticity associated with “learning...
A new study by a Florida State University researcher shows that both a lack of stimulation in the workplace and a dirty working environment can have a long-term cognitive effect on employees.
"Psychologists say that the brain is a muscle,...
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How does heightened attention improve our mental capacity? This is the question tackled by new research published today in the journal Cell Reports, which reveals a chemical signal released across the brain in response to attention demanding...
With new findings, scientists may be poised to break a long impasse in research on Huntington's disease, a fatal hereditary disorder for which there is currently no treatment.
One in 10,000 Americans suffer from the disease, and most begin to...
