Mind & Brain News
April 22, 2025
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Apr. 9, 2025 — From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought unattainable: building a complete functional wiring diagram of a portion of the ...
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 ...
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Apr. 22, 2025 — A preclinical study finds that a drug already FDA-approved for treating inflammatory conditions may help reduce both alcohol intake and pain ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — With the assumption that students are going to use artificial intelligence and large language models such as ChatGPT to do their homework, researchers set out to learn how well the free version of ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) technique that brings machine vision closer to how the human brain processes images. Called Lp-Convolution, this method improves the ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Upon energy restriction, an unusual release of the neurotransmitter glutamate can be observed. The overabundance of glutamate ultimately causes damages to nerve ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — A new study has shown that evidence of genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia can be found in the retina. This finding could help improve the early detection of the ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — The way DNA folds inside the nucleus of brain cells may hold the key to understanding a devastating form of brain cancer called glioblastoma, suggests a new preclinical study. The findings offer a ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Adolescents who sleep for longer -- and from an earlier bedtime -- than their peers tend to have improved brain function and perform better at cognitive tests, researchers have shown. But the study ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Dopamine is the brain's motivational spark, driving us to chase what feels good, say scrolling another reel on social media, and steer clear of what doesn't, like touching a hot stove. But scientists ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Use of psilocybin, the hallucinogenic chemical found in what is known as 'magic mushrooms,' has increased significantly nationwide since 2019, ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — A new study offers insight into what is happening in our brains when our working memory must use its limited resources to remember multiple things. Researchers found that two parts of the brain work ...
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Apr. 21, 2025 — Neuroscientists have developed a new treatment approach for a language disorder that combines traditional speech therapy with noninvasive electrical stimulation of the brain. Brain stimulation helped ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Working memory is like a mental chalkboard we use to store temporary information while executing other tasks. Scientists worked with more than 200 elementary students to test their working memory, ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Results of a clinical trial finds several outcomes improved for young children when an anesthesiologist observed their brain waves to guide dosing of sevoflurane during ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Capitalizing on the flexibility of tiny cells inside the body's smallest blood vessels may be a powerful spinal cord repair strategy, new research ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — A new way to deliver disease-fighting proteins throughout the brain may improve the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other neurological disorders, according to scientists. By engineering ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Saying one thing while feeling another is part of being human, but bottling up emotions can have serious psychological consequences like anxiety or panic attacks. To help health care providers tell ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — New research links fatty, sugary diets to impaired brain function. The findings build on a growing body of evidence showing the negative impact of high-fat, high-sugar (HFHS) diets on cognitive ...
Apr. 19, 2025 — Five-year-olds exposed to paternal depression are more likely to have behavioral issues in grade school, researchers ...
Apr. 18, 2025 — Scientists examined microscopic blobs of protein found in human cells has discovered that some morph from an almost honey-like substance to a hard candy-like solid. These mysterious droplets, known ...
Apr. 18, 2025 — A new study by biomedical engineers and neuroscientists shows that the brain's visual regions play an active role in making sense of ...
Apr. 18, 2025 — Researchers have demonstrated that intensified environmental variability (EV) can promote the evolution of cooperation through simulation based on evolutionary game theory. This result offers a new ...
Apr. 18, 2025 — Researchers examined variations in the likelihood of older drivers causing traffic crashes based on the presence of a passenger, utilizing nationwide traffic crash data between 2014 and 2020. Their ...
Apr. 18, 2025 — A team has developed a soft, thin-film ABI. The device uses micrometer-scale platinum electrodes embedded in silicone, forming a pliable array just a fraction of a millimeter thick. This novel ...
Apr. 18, 2025 — A new study provides solutions to the pressing need to identify factors that influence Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk or resistance while providing an avenue to explore potential biological ...
Apr. 18, 2025 — A new smart insole system that monitors how people walk in real time could help users improve posture and provide early warnings for conditions from plantar fasciitis to Parkinson's ...
Apr. 18, 2025 — For adults over the age of 65, higher levels of both insomnia symptoms and sleep medication use were associated with higher risk of disability a year later, according to a new ...
Apr. 18, 2025 — Sticking to an exercise routine is a challenge many people face. But a research team is using machine learning to uncover what keeps individuals committed to their ...
Apr. 18, 2025 — New research has found that nearly half of the time American children spend with their grandparents involves interacting with or watching media on a screen. How that screen time is managed can ...
Apr. 17, 2025 — Among adults ages 18-49 (median age of 41 years) who were born with a hole in the upper chambers of their heart known as patent foramen ovale (PFO), strokes of unknown cause were more strongly ...
Apr. 17, 2025 — How do we learn new things? Neurobiologists using cutting-edge visualization techniques have revealed how changes across our synapses and neurons unfold. The findings depict how information is ...
Monday, April 21, 2025
- Novel Treatment Approach for Language Disorder Shows Promise
- Study Shows Addressing Working Memory Can Help Students With Math Difficulty Improve Word Problem-Solving Skills
- In Kids, EEG Monitoring of Consciousness Safely Reduces Anesthetic Use
- Building 'cellular Bridges' For Spinal Cord Repair After Injury
- Engineered Microglia Show Promise for Treating Alzheimer's and Other Brain Diseases
- High-Tech Sticker Can Identify Real Human Emotions
- High-Fat, High-Sugar Diets Impact Cognitive Function
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Friday, April 18, 2025
- Scientists Identify Agent of Transformation in Protein Blobs That Morph from Liquid to Solid
- How Thoughts Influence What the Eyes See
- Environmental Variability Promotes the Evolution of Cooperation Among Humans: A Simulation-Based Analysis
- Cognitively Impaired Older Drivers Are Less Likely to Cause a Crash When Accompanied by a Passenger
- Soft Brainstem Implant Delivers High-Resolution Hearing
- Integrative Approach Reveals Promising Candidates for Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factors or Targets for Therapeutic Intervention
- A Wearable Smart Insole Can Track How You Walk, Run and Stand
- Insomnia and Sleep Medication Use Connected to Disability in Older Adults
- Researchers Use Machine Learning to Predict Exercise Adherence
- Screen Time Surprise Under Grandparents' Care
Thursday, April 17, 2025
- Nontraditional Risk Factors Shed Light on Unexplained Strokes in Adults Younger Than 50
- Groundbreaking Study Uncovers How Our Brain Learns
- Finding Friendship at First Whiff: Scent Plays Role in Platonic Potential
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
- How Do Age, Sex, Hormones and Genetics Affect Dementia Biomarkers in the Blood?
- Climate-Related Trauma Can Have Lasting Effects on Decision-Making
- Mindfulness and Step Tracking Boosts Motivation to Exercise
- How Disturbed Signaling Pathways Could Promote Epileptic Seizures
- Simulating Protein Structures Involved in Memory Formation
- Towards Gene-Targeting Drugs Capable of Targeting Brain Diseases
- Favorite Music Sets the Brain's Opioids in Motion
- Viewing Art Can Boost Wellbeing by Giving Meaning to Life
- Nurturing Now, Thriving Later: The Lasting Power of Affectionate Mothering
- Hereditary Alzheimer's: Blood Marker for Defective Neuronal Connections Rises Early
- Nature-Based Activity Is Effective Therapy for Anxiety and Depression, Study Shows
- Popular Diabetes Medications, Including GLP-1 Drugs, May Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease
- Is My Green Your Green?
- Menopause at an Early Age Can Exacerbate Cognitive Decline
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
- Primate Mothers Display Different Bereavement Response to Humans
- Brain Areas Necessary for Reasoning Identified
- Common Genetic Variants Linked to Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
- Researchers Have Mapped the Hidden Control System of Vision
- The Brain Learns to Filter out Distracting Stimuli Over Time
- How Circadian Clocks Maintain Robustness in Changing Environments
- Simulate Sound in 3D at a Finer Scale Than Humans Can Perceive
- A Visual Pathway in the Brain May Do More Than Recognize Objects
Monday, April 14, 2025
- New Study Finds Surprising Way to Curb College-Aged Drinking Harms -- Without Cutting Alcohol
- Researchers May Have Solved Decades-Old Mystery Behind Benzodiazepine Side Effects
- LSD Analogue With Potential for Treating Schizophrenia Developed
- How Does Our Brain Regulate Generosity?
- AI Tool to Better Assess Parkinson's Disease, Other Movement Disorders
- Scientists Identify Key Enzyme in Alzheimer's Disease That Links Brain Inflammation to Memory Loss
- Rise and Shine: Natural Light Lessens Morning Fatigue
- Sleep Matters: Duration, Timing, Quality and More May Affect Cardiovascular Disease Risk
- Stress, Depression Factor Into Link Between Insomnia, Heavy Drinking
- How the Brain Controls Movement Under Uncertainty
- Gestational Diabetes Linked to ADHD in Children
Friday, April 11, 2025
- Candidate Deafness Genes Revealed in New Study
- New Key Genes in Parkinson's Disease Identified Using CRISPR Technology
- Police Officers Face Twice the Risk of Traumatic Brain Injuries and PTSD, Survey Finds
Thursday, April 10, 2025
- Brain Study Increases Understanding of What Triggers Drug Use Relapse
- Scientists Develop Process Using Molecules in the Cell to Identify Environmental Signals
- Study Provides Scaffold to Selectively Target Drug Breakdown Process
- Brain Pathway Links Inflammation to Loss of Motivation, Energy in Advanced Cancer
- Intuition Guides Farmers Towards Better Decision-Making, but Remains a Taboo
- Hidden Potential in Multiple Disabilities
- The Brain Resorts to Myelin When Other Brain Nutrients Are Depleted
- How Mothers Adapt to the Metabolic Demands of Nursing
- New Genetic Cause of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Key Brain Networks Behind Post-Stroke Urinary Incontinence Identified
- 'Eolving' Opioid Epidemic Across U.S.
- Simultaneous Alcohol, Cannabis Use May Fuel More Drinking
- Pharmacists' Communication Skills Lead to Reduced Drug Prescriptions by Doctors
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- AI Models of the Brain Could Serve as 'digital Twins' In Research
- Eight or More Drinks Per Week Linked to Signs of Injury in the Brain
- Father With Alzheimer's? You May Be More at Risk of Brain Changes
- What Links Cannabis Use and Psychosis? Researchers Point to Brain's Dopamine System
- Scientists Map Unprecedented Detail of Connections and Visual Perception in the Mouse Brain
- Conceptualizing Psychological Contract Theory in the Context of Digital Labor Platforms, App Workers, Gig Economy
- Stroke Deaths and Their Racial Disparities Increased Over Last 20 Years
- Discovery Reveals Protein Involved in Parkinson's Disease Also Drives Skin Cancer
- More People Now Die at Home After Stroke Than in Medical Facilities
- New Insights Into Neurodegeneration Using Human 'mini Brains'
- More Opportunities to Test for Alzheimer's Using New Analytical Method
- Long-Term Effects of Obesity on Brain and Cognitive Health
- Potential Alzheimer's Disease Therapeutic Target Identified in Brain Immune Cells
- Novel Drug Delivery Platform Paves Way to Potential New Treatments for Alzheimer's, Other Brain-Related Disorders
- Lip Sync: Study Reveals Gender Differences in Preference for Lip Size
- Beyond Jet Lag: New Study Unveils Extent of Travel-Related Sleep Disruption from 1.5 Million Nights of Data
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Researchers Identify Safer Pathway for Pain Relief
- Students Lead Breakthrough Study on Diabetes Drugs and Dementia Risk
- Discovery of Mitochondrial Protein Opens Path to Therapeutic Advances for Heart and Alzheimer's Disease
- Tech-Assisted Peer Therapy Effective for Perinatal Depression in Lower Income Countries
- Even Under Stress, Male-Female Pairs Had Each Other's Backs
- Researchers Discover Natural Compound May Slow ALS and Dementia
- Groundbreaking Study Reveals Changes in Brain Cell Composition and Gene Activity in Tourette Syndrome
- ALS Drug Effectively Treats Alzheimer's Disease in New Animal Study
- Eye Health Linked to Dementia Risk
- Early Education Impacts Teenage Behavior
Monday, April 7, 2025
- Mindfulness and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Improve Chronic Low Back Pain
- Childhood Experiences Shape the Brain's White Matter With Cognitive Effects Seen Years Later
- Does Teamwork Fulfill the Goal of Project-Based Learning?
- First Insights Into How Excitatory and Inhibitory Brain Signals Change as People Age Using Wearable Scanner