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*...
Heading a soccer ball causes instant changes to the brain.Credit: © wsdot / Flickr
Researchers from the University of Stirling have explored the true impact of heading a soccer ball, identifying small but significant changes in brain function immediately after...
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...
A recent study by a University of Arkansas researcher, Darya Zabelina, assistant professor of psychology, takes a new approach to measuring the association between creativity and cognitive control, that is, the mind's ability to override impulses and make decisions...
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...
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A genetic 'switch' has been discovered by MRC researchers at the University of Leicester which could help to prevent or delay the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
In a paper published in the journal Cell Death and Differentiation,...
Women suffer from a higher incidence of chronic and inflammatory pain conditions such as fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis, says a new study.Image credit: Flickr/Britt-knee
A female brain's resident immune cells are more active in regions involved in pain processing relative to...
Largest imaging study of ADHD to date identifies differences in five regions of the brain, with greatest differences seen in children rather than adults.Image credit:Practical Cures
Largest imaging study of ADHD to date identifies differences in five regions of the...
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...
At UMC Utrecht, a brain implant has been placed in a patient enabling her to operate a speech computer with her mind. The researchers and the patient worked intensively to get the settings right. She can now communicate at...
The ability to understand and empathize with others' pain is grounded in cognitive neural processes rather than sensory ones, according to the results of a new study led by University of Colorado Boulder researchers.
The findings show that the act...
