Brain/Neuroscience
Erectile dysfunction drug Viagra may help prevent brain aging
Viagra can be a wonder drug for men with erectile dysfunction, and now new research suggests it may also be ...
Sex and the brain: AI can distinguish between male and female brain MRIs with 90% accuracy
Stanford Medicine investigators reported on their development of an artificial intelligence model 90% successful at determining sex MRI scans ...
7-20 years older: Cognitive fog from COVID-19 causes damage, shrinking and accelerated aging of the brain
A large and growing body of evidence amassed detailing the many ways that COVID-19 leaves an indelible mark on the ...
Addiction rewires the brain on a genetic level. As we learn more, new avenues for treatment come into focus
Addictive substances like alcohol and drugs can overwhelm the natural reward pathways in your brain, resulting in reduced impulse control ...
‘I’m actually present in my daily life and that’s incredible’: Breakthrough brain implant treats both epilepsy and OCD
Deep-brain stimulation is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and other conditions affecting movement, including epilepsy ...
Infections and intelligence: A virus could have been evolutionary spark that led to rapid evolution of human brains
A new study has unraveled a mystery that is key to understanding the course of human and animal evolution ...
Should you write by hand or type up your notes? Here’s how writing methods affect learning and memory
Typing may be faster than writing by hand, but it’s less stimulating for the brain, according to research published Friday ...
3D-printed brains: Brain tissue breakthrough could ‘change the way we look at neurological and psychiatric disorders’
Researchers have created the world’s first 3D-printed brain tissue that behaves like a natural brain tissue ...
Video: Why does love make us feel so good? Examining its effect on our brains
Hop in the car to meet your lover for dinner and a flood of dopamine—the same hormone underlying cravings for ...
Does cannabis cause brain damage?
Just as vodka packs more of a punch than beer, a high-potency toke of cannabis — the name for the ...
GLP podcast: Technology keeps debunking ‘The Population Bomb;’ Internet access can harm mental health; Is urban farming sustainable? Probably not
Technological innovations continue to debunk predictions that global population growth will lead to mass starvation. Some mental health experts are ...
Science of suggestion: Why are some people more susceptible to hypnosis than others?
Hypnotherapy is used to provide therapeutic remedies but many still consider it more of a cheap magician’s trick than clinical ...
High-fat, low-carb keto diets reportedly help patients manage their mental illnesses
Around a dozen clinical trials are in the works, testing the low carb, high fat ketogenic diet's effect on mental ...
Viagra and its erectile-dysfunction-treating siblings might provide side benefit — lowering risk of dementia
Men who take drugs for erectile dysfunction, such as Viagra, may reduce their risk of Alzheimer's disease, a study suggests ...
GLP podcast: Neuralink chip in your brain? CNN’s bunk COVID booster headline; Obesity drugs—the long-term effects
Neuralink has successfully implanted its "brain–computer interface" in a human patient. Elon Musk says the results so far are "promising." ...
Understanding how calorie restriction improves health and increases human lifespan
Recent research reveals a significant discovery about dietary restriction and its impact on brain health and aging ...
Losing track of thoughts? Forgetting is normal and healthy for your brain
Some evidence suggests that nonpathological forgetting is an adaptive and active part of learning and memory maintenance ...
Obesity drugs could treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s? It appears they lower inflammation in the brain, sparking hope of additional therapeutic uses
Evidence suggests that the drugs classified as GLP-1 receptor agonists — a category that includes brand names such as Mounjaro ...
Viewpoint: Big Tech-Federal government conspiracy or sound science? A government agency just canceled its $30 million dollar study designed to tell us whether cell phones can cause cancer
Since the introduction of cell phones en masse in the 1990s, a small but vociferous faction of health advocates has ...
Is Alzheimer’s disease transmissible?
Five people treated for pituitary dwarfism decades ago with human growth hormone (hGH) pooled from cadavers have shown cognitive decline ...
Scans of 10,000 brains show dramatic memory benefits from just 4 minutes of daily exercise
Exercising for 25 minutes a week, or less than four minutes a day, could help to bulk up our brains ...
Elon Musk’s Neuralink implanted in a human, who is recovering well, billionaire tweets
Elon Musk said on the social media platform X on January 29 that the first human patient has received a brain implant developed ...
‘The edge of chaos’: Why switching tasks makes our brains go haywire
Study shows that our brains exist between chaos and stability—a finding that could be used to help tweak them either ...
Understanding memory: Solving the puzzle of how the brain keeps recollections in order
Norwegian researchers are on the trail of a new and important piece in the large puzzle that is our brain ...
How might sharply curtailing calories slow the aging process?
Restricting calories is known to improve health and increase lifespan, but much of how it does so remains a mystery, ...
Viewpoint: Hard-wired gender — Don’t believe claims that there are almost no differences between male and female brains
Men’s and women’s brains are biased to notice and process different aspects of the social and physical world ...
Political psychology: Democrats and Republicans exist on polarized extremes
The United States, though politically fractious since its founding, is more polarized than ever, the rhetoric more inflammatory, the rage ...