Mind & Brain News
April 2, 2025
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Apr. 2, 2025 — A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales found that the shingles vaccine appeared to lower new dementia diagnoses by 20% -- more than any other known ...
Mar. 31, 2025 — New research reveals that lower proportions of specific sleep stages are associated with reduced brain volume in regions vulnerable to the development of Alzheimer's disease over ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Most haptic devices only deliver feedback as simple vibrations. New device applies dynamic forces in any direction to simulate a more realistic sense of touch. Small, lightweight device can enhance virtual reality, help individuals with visual ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — Though we learn so much during our first years of life, we can't, as adults, remember specific events from that time. Researchers have long believed we don't hold onto these experiences because the part of the brain responsible for saving memories ...
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Apr. 2, 2025 — Cervical artery dissection is a tear in an artery in the neck that provides blood flow to the brain. Such a tear can result in blood clots that cause ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — For the first time researchers demonstrate in an animal how heavy alcohol use leads to long-term behavioral issues by damaging brain circuits critical for ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — Researchers have successfully developed a novel drug to restore vision. The treatment method restores vision through retinal nerve ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — An AI tool that analyzes nurses' data and notes detected when patients in the hospital were deteriorating nearly two days earlier than traditional methods and reduced the risk of death by over ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated how specific biomarkers in the blood can predict the development of dementia up to ten years before diagnosis, among older adults living independently in the ...
Apr. 1, 2025 — In mice, autism symptoms arise when a certain pair of competing nerve proteins falls out of equilibrium, according to a new ...
Mar. 28, 2025 — Does our ability to enjoy music have a biological basis? A genetic twin study shows that music enjoyment is partly heritable. Scientists uncovered genetic factors that influence the degree of music ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — Researchers have gained a new understanding of how the brain processes reward and risk information. Neuroscientists show how nerve cells in the so-called amygdala not only encode the probability and ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — Despite a recent Food and Drug Administration warning against inhaling nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, deaths due to misusing the substance are rising in the United ...
Apr. 1, 2025 — A new study has found that children exposed to higher levels of air pollution in early and mid childhood have weaker connections between key brain ...
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Apr. 1, 2025 — Medical imaging experts are adept at solving common optical illusions, according to new research. The research is the first to show that people can be trained to do better at solving visual ...
Mar. 31, 2025 — AI mental health apps may offer a cheap and accessible way to fill the gaps in the overstretched U.S. mental health care system, but ethics experts warn that we need to be thoughtful about how we use ...
Mar. 31, 2025 — Fear of emotions among couples with PTSD is associated with unproductive communication, according to a new ...
Mar. 31, 2025 — A newly developed blood test for Alzheimer's disease not only aids in the diagnosis of the neurodegenerative condition but also indicates how far it has progressed, according to a new ...
Mar. 31, 2025 — As warehouses go, nuclei are more like libraries than bank vaults. Too many cellular components need access to the genome to lock it down like Fort Knox. Instead, large groupings of more than 1,000 ...
Mar. 31, 2025 — A recent study finds most critically injured patients can recover with less supplemental oxygen than has previously been ...
Mar. 30, 2025 — New findings indicate that while the rate of marathon runners who suffer cardiac arrests remained unchanged, their chance for survival is twice what it was in the past. Now, far fewer marathon ...
Mar. 28, 2025 — A new study found that over half of US adults experienced some form of discrimination, and individuals with high exposure to discrimination have more than five times the chances of screening positive ...
Mar. 28, 2025 — The finding of a new study could advance the development of new drugs that block or open such signaling channels to treat conditions as varied as epilepsy and some intellectual ...
Mar. 28, 2025 — Scientists have confirmed a neurobiochemical link between dopamine and cognitive flexibility. PET imaging shows that the brain increases dopamine production when completing cognitively demanding ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — The way teachers manage classroom discussion with pupils plays a key role in the teaching of writing, a new study ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — People living with Long COVID often feel dismissed, disbelieved and unsupported by their healthcare providers, according to a new ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — People with dementia can enjoy productive and rewarding working lives in the digital era, contrary to the widespread stereotype that dementia is incompatible with the use of modern technology, ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — The increasing number of people with eating disorders and a lack of national guidance for support teams has led to researchers calling for a new national strategy that includes specific guidance to ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Researchers conducted the first clinical trial of an AI-powered therapy chatbot and found that, on average, people with diagnosed mental disorders experienced clinically significant improvements in ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Researchers have conducted groundbreaking research on memristor-based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). This research presents an innovative approach for implementing energy-efficient adaptive ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — People living in more disadvantaged neighborhoods may be more likely to develop dementia than people living in neighborhoods with fewer disadvantages, according to a new study. The study does not ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — People who have early signs of heart problems may also have changes in brain health that can be early signs of dementia, such as loss of brain volume, according to a meta-analysis. The meta-analysis ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — A research team says high blood sugar levels appear to weaken function in key part of brain, mimicking ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Two specific genes that evolve exclusively in humans jointly influence the development of the cerebrum. Researchers have provided evidence that these genes contribute together to the evolutionary ...
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Monday, March 31, 2025
- My Robot Therapist: The Ethics of AI Mental Health Chatbots for Kids
- PTSD Can Undermine Healthy Couple Communication When People Fear Their Emotions
- Highly Accurate Blood Test Diagnoses Alzheimer's Disease, Measures Extent of Dementia
- Delicate Balancing Act Determines How Many Genome Gateways Form in Cells
- Change in Oxygen Standards for Trauma Patients?
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Friday, March 28, 2025
- Discrimination-Related Depression, Anxiety Pronounced Among Multiracial, White, Asian Populations
- Brain Channels 'stopped in Time' Reveal Chemical Flow That Enables Learning and Thinking
- PET Imaging Confirms Direct Involvement of Dopamine in Cognitive Flexibility
Thursday, March 27, 2025
- Classroom Talk Plays a Key Part in the Teaching of Writing
- Long COVID Patients Feel Pressure to Prove Their Illness Is Real, Study Finds
- Digital Technology and AI Can Support Workers With Dementia
- Research Highlights Urgent Need for National Strategy to Combat Rising Eating Disorders
- First Therapy Chatbot Trial Shows AI Can Provide 'gold-Standard' Care
- Revolutionary Brain-Computer Interface Decoding System
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Your Neighborhood May Affect Your Risk of Dementia
- Early Signs of Heart Problems Linked to Smaller Brain Volumes
- Study Unlocks How Diabetes Distorts Memory and Reward Processing
- How Did the Large Brain Evolve?
- Neurons in Brain That Regulate Energy Levels and Body Temperature
- How Movement Affects the Way the Brain Processes Sound and Sight
- Adulting Is Hard on the Heart: Teen to Young Adulthood Is a Critical Time to Address Risk
- Is Your Job Making You Happy? Insights from Job Satisfaction Data
- Study Identifies Shisa7 Gene as Key Driver in Heroin Addiction
- Repetitive Behaviors and Special Interests Are More Indicative of an Autism Diagnosis Than a Lack of Social Skills
- Highly Educated People Face Steeper Mental Declines After Stroke
- Scientists Discover Why Obesity Takes Away the Pleasure of Eating
- How Cells Respond to Stress Is More Nuanced Than Previously Believed
- Enzyme Engineering Opens Door to Novel Therapies for Parkinson's, Cancers and Other Hard-to-Target Protein Diseases
- Artificial Intelligence Uses Less Energy by Mimicking the Human Brain
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- Basketball Analytics Investment Is Key to NBA Wins and Other Successes
- Study Explores How Characteristics of Communications Networks Affect Development of Shared Social Identity, Group Performance
- How Zika Virus Knocks out Our Immune Defenses
- Could an Arthritis Drug Unlock Lasting Relief from Epilepsy and Seizures? Promising Results in Mice
- Postpartum Female Preference for Cooler Temperatures Linked to Brain Changes
- Lupus-Related Antibody Shows Promise in Enhancing Cancer Treatment Efficacy
- Biological Pathway in the Brain Could Help Explain Why Teenage Girls Are More Depressed Than Boys
- ADHD May Be Associated With an Increased Risk of Dementia
- What Does 'that' Mean in 'Did You See That?'
- C. Diff Uses Toxic Compound to Fuel Growth Advantage
- Exercise of Any Kind Boosts Brainpower at Any Age
Monday, March 24, 2025
- Study Confirms Accuracy of Blood Test for Early Alzheimer's Detection in Asian Populations
- A Simple Way to Boost Math Progress
- Affordable Sensing System to Restore Sense of Touch in Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Mathematicians Uncover the Logic Behind How People Walk in Crowds
- At-Home Smell Test for Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease
- Motion Sickness Brain Circuit May Provide New Options for Treating Obesity
Friday, March 21, 2025
- How the Brain Links Related Memories Formed Close in Time
- Transition Point in Romantic Relationships Signals the Beginning of Their End
- Potential Risk Biomarkers Found for Schizophrenia Resulting from Cannabis Use
- Nearly Half of Depression Diagnoses Could Be Considered Treatment-Resistant
- VR Study Reveals How Pain and Fear Weaken Sense of Body Ownership
- New Eye Drops Slow Vision Loss in Animals
- Boosting Brain's Waste Removal System Improves Memory in Old Mice
Thursday, March 20, 2025
- AI-Powered Mammograms: A New Window Into Heart Health
- Part of the Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia Acts Through the Placenta
- The Fine Control of Cell Mechanics
- New Rules for the Game of Memory
- Could the Layout of Trees Impact Human Health?
- Novel Memristors to Overcome AI's 'catastrophic Forgetting'
- How Family Background Can Help Lead to Athletic Success
- Insomniac Fruit Fly Mutants Show Enhanced Memory Despite Severe Sleep Loss
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- New Cannabis Formula Will Help Epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis Sufferers
- Parts of the Brain That Are Needed to Remember Words Identified
- Anti-Amyloid Drug Shows Signs of Preventing Alzheimer's Dementia
- Sleepier During the Day? For Some Older People, It's Linked to Twice the Dementia Risk
- AI Technology Improves Parkinson's Diagnoses
- Groundbreaking AI Tool Generates 3D Map of the Brain
- Can Online Games Be an Effective Intervention to Help Adolescents Reduce Substance Abuse?
- Machine Learning Aids in Detection of 'brain Tsunamis'
- Brain Imaging Reveals Surprises About Learning
- Why Are Night Owls at Greater Risk of Depression?
- Classifying Childhood Brain Cancers by Immune Response May Improve Diagnostics and Treatments
- Research Into Alcohol Use Disorder: Imagining Future Events Changes Brain to Improve Healthy Decision-Making
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Stroke Rehabilitation Drug Repairs Brain Damage
- Gender Gap in Teenage Depression Is Twice as Large in London Than in Tokyo, New Study Finds
- Latest Alzheimer's Drug Shown Less Effective in Females Than Males
- Cannabis Users Face Substantially Higher Risk of Heart Attack
- Climate Change Fuelling Mental Health Crisis in Areas Most Affected by Climate Crisis
- A Rubber Hand Alleviates Pain
- Study Finds Unique Brain Changes Linked to Witnessing Trauma
- To the Brain, Esperanto and Klingon Appear the Same as English or Mandarin
- Kansas, Missouri Farmers Avoid Discussing Climate Change Regardless of Opinions, Study Finds
- Mastery of Language Could Predict Longevity
- When Did Human Language Emerge?
Monday, March 17, 2025
- Attention Can Be Used to Drive Cooperation
- Bridging Nature and Nurture: Study Reveals Brain's Flexible Foundation from Birth
- Global Warming Can Lead to Inflammation in Human Airways, New Research Shows
- New AI Model Analyzes Full Night of Sleep With High Accuracy in Largest Study of Its Kind
- Inflammatory Messenger Fuels Alzheimer's
- How Childhood Adversity Shapes Brain and Behavior
- Psychological Prehabilitation Improves Surgical Recovery
- 'It Still Hurts, She Said': Why Pain Medication May Not Be as Effective for Women as It Is for Men
Friday, March 14, 2025
- New Clue on What Is Leading to Neurodegenerative Diseases Like Alzheimer's and ALS
- Not Knowing What to Expect Can Make Pain Feel Worse
- Oxytocin System of Breastfeeding Affected in Mothers With Postnatal Depression
- New Members of the CDKL Family of Genes Linked to Neurodevelopmental Disorders