Physicians have been mystified by chronic fatigue syndrome, a condition where normal exertion leads to debilitating fatigue that isn't alleviated by rest. There are no known triggers, and diagnosis requires lengthy tests administered by an expert.
Now, for the first...
Brain patterns in 6 month old babies may predict autism in those at high risk.
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Functional connectivity magnetic resonance imaging (fcMRI) may predict which high-risk, 6-month old infants will develop autism spectrum disorder by age 2...
It may sound like sci-fy, but mind reading equipment are much closer to become a reality than most people can imagine. A new study carried out at D'Or Institute for Research and Education used a Magnetic Resonance (MR) machine...
The body of knowledge about the human brain is growing exponentially, but questions big and small remain unanswered. Researchers have been using electrode arrays to map electrical activity in different brain regions to understand brain function. Until now, however,...
While performing tasks of any difficulty older adults recruited additional between-module connections (gray). In contrast, younger adults only recruited additional between-module connections for the most difficult task, recalling both scenes and faces. Credit: University of California - Berkeley
Older people's...
Artificial intelligence can help us to better understand the causes of religious violence and to potentially control it, according to a new Oxford University collaboration. The study is one of the first to be published that uses psychologically realistic...
A new research investigated the effect of unconscious arousal on how confident participants felt about what they were seeing when completing a simple task.Image Credit: Flickr/draconianrain
A new study from UCL researchers finds that subtle, unconscious increases in arousal --...
Researchers have found that practice of a simple meditation or music listening program may have multiple benefits for older adults with preclinical memory loss.Image Credit: Flickr/HAMZA BUTT
In a recent study of adults with early memory loss, a West Virginia...
A new study shows that the effects of vibrations produced by horses during horse-riding lead to the activation of the sympathetic nervous system, which improves learning in children. Image credit:Flickr/Matthew McCullough
Recent research published in Frontiers in Public Health shows...
Why is it that you can remember the name of your childhood best friend that you haven't seen in years yet easily forget the name of a person you just met a moment ago? In other words, why are...
University of Delaware researchers are using magic to look at how the brain processes multiple sensory inputs to perceive our bodies and the world around us.
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Tricks and illusions, once the domain of magicians, are...
