Brain/Neuroscience
New treatment for binge eating disorder: Deep brain stimulation
A small study found that intercepting brain signals could limit urges for binge eating for those who struggle with binge ...
Teenage brains are a cauldron of change: Here’s what happens on the inside and how it affects our looks and behavior
A lot happens when you reach puberty. Your voice may change and you will experience hair growth on parts of ...
Why estrogen supplements may prevent early dementia and Parkinson’s in women
Oestrogen may be protective for the brain against neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and dementia, and women should not be ...
‘A finite pool of worry’: Why humans are unable to focus on climate change and the pandemic at the same time
It's safe to say that the first two years of the pandemic left a lot of people exhausted and emotionally ...
Mini-brain organoids the size of pinheads help scientists decipher the impact of long COVID
In a new study published in Molecular Psychiatry, researchers from Sweden and a Harvard-affiliated hospital in Boston tried to find ...
Is human intelligence an evolutionary dead end?
The German Philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was, by all accounts, a miserable human being. He famously sought meaning through suffering, ...
Do you have frequent nightmares? They could foreshadow future dementia
We spend a third of our lives asleep. And a quarter of our time asleep is spent dreaming. So, for ...
Brain fog: Reducing air pollution can provide major cognitive benefits for older people
During the past decade, a growing body of research has shown that air pollution harms older adults’ brains, contributing to ...
1 in 10 Americans over 65 have Alzheimer’s — and this number is even higher in Black Americans
One in 10 Americans over 65 had dementia, while 22% experienced mild cognitive impairment, the earliest stage of the slow ...
Manipulating nature: Should rats implanted with human brain cells be treated differently than unaltered test rodents?
A few months after they’d been implanted, the human cells made up around a sixth of the rats’ brains and ...
Reading comprehension genes: 27 newly-identified genetic variants tied to dyslexia
It is estimated that about 10% of the UK population, about 6.3 million people, are dyslexic. Previous research has suggested ...
Why dementia screening is critical: For people under 60, brain impairment appears up to 9 years before clinical diagnosis
Signs of brain impairment appeared as early as 9 years before people received a diagnosis for Alzheimer's or other dementia-related ...
Genetic basis of mental illness: Individual genetics and ‘racial’ ancestry impact mental illness, but most studies have focused only on white people
Mental illness is a growing public health problem. In 2019, an estimated 1 in 8 people around the world were affected ...
Podcast: ‘Botched’ nutrition reporting; Alcohol abstinence boosts brain health; What causes acne?
Reporters continue to exaggerate the results of low-quality nutrition studies. Their desire to attract readers with dramatic headlines may be ...
Video: How scientists taught mouse brain cells in a petri dish to play Pong
The classic 1970s arcade game Pong is so simple that apparently, anyone can play it – including brain cells in ...
Crazy but not insane? How much of criminal behavior is personal decisions versus cultural influences or genes?
On May 7th, 1972, Arthur Shawcross raped and murdered 10-year-old Jack Blake in Watertown, New York. Four months later, on ...
Some people can still feel lost limbs after amputation. Here’s how studying ‘phantom limb syndrome’ could offer clues to understanding consciousness
Phantom limbs are a striking demonstration of the importance of the body for self-consciousness ...
Taking a break from alcohol? Here’s the positive changes in the brain when you stop drinking for a month
With the explosion of craft beer, hard seltzers and family-friendly breweries across the U.S., you may be surprised to learn ...
Reports of debilitating ‘climate anxiety’ fill the news. Is it real and widespread?
Forest fires, floods, hurricanes, drought, extreme heat. Our planet is now experiencing climate change unprecedented in human history. For some, ...
Ideology and happiness: Who is more content with life, conservatives or liberals?
It may be one of the most surefire findings in all of social psychology, repeatedly replicated over almost five decades of study: ...
How can you distinguish normal aging from dementia — and what do you need to do to diagnose your situation?
A blood test that can be used to make a precise diagnosis of people with symptoms of dementia is just ...
Ethical dilemma: Blood test can reveal dementia risk — but we are no closer to a cure
It can be discomforting when your memory fails. It can cause people to worry that dementia is right around the ...
What’s next for the Human Genome Project — Mapping the brain to understand the impact of disease
The latest announcement is part of a continuing effort known as Brain Research Through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN), which was ...
Why ‘superagers’ retain ‘super memories’ well into their 80s
“Superagers” – people aged 80 or over with exceptionally good memories – may have larger than expected neurons in a ...
Viewpoint: BRAIN 2.0 — US government pouring billions into understanding the genetics of the human brain. Rightwing Federalist society raises ‘dangerous’ spectre of government mind control
The U.S. government is pouring billions of dollars into understanding genetics and the human brain, and most consequentially, how to ...
Is the ‘7-year itch’ real? The science behind why some relationships seem to struggle as time goes on
You would think that the longer a couple has stayed together, the closer they would feel towards each other. And ...
The brain genetics behind feeling sick
Infections are often associated with symptoms that aren’t directly tied to the pathogen, such as lethargy and loss of appetite ...
