Brain/Neuroscience
Can mindfulness and exercise help slow aging brains? Study puts common wisdom to the test
Researchers looked at how mindfulness and exercise, apart and together, affected aging brains. The results were disappointing ...
‘This is a game changer’: How psychedelics could break addictive behavior and reduce violence — if we can study their effects accurately
Psychedelics could change human evolution: The reality of what psilocybin is and what it does within the human body is ...
Viewpoint: How genetics impact human intelligence
[H]uman intelligence and common sense Is influenced by genetics: If we follow the pattern we can see that it all ...
COVID and cognition: How severe cases can age your brain
In a recent article published in Nature Aging, researchers found that severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) triggers aging-like changes in ...
How Artificial Intelligence can predict severity of psychiatric disorders
AI uses genetics to predict psychiatric disorders: The AI deep learning model can also predict the severity of multiple disorders ...
Why are walnuts considered a new ‘brain food’?
A new clinical trial of undergraduate students during their university studies has shown positive effects of walnut consumption on self-reported ...
Why do some drugs trigger a deadly brain disease? The answer is in our genetic code
Medicines that reshape or tamp down immune responses may be life-changing for patients with cancer and autoimmune disorders, but in ...
Safety concerns raised about Lecanemab, one of the first drugs to slow Alzheimer’s disease
The experimental drug lecanemab shows “potential” as an Alzheimer’s disease treatment, according to new Phase 3 trial results, but the ...
Minding the climate: How studying the brain can help us solve the world’s environmental crisis
Dr. Ann-Christine Duhaime is a pediatric neurosurgeon at the Massachusetts General Hospital. She looks at brains. Over the course of ...
Zimbabwe has just 19 psychiatrists for 15 million people. Here’s how they’re transforming mental health care — and what the US could learn from this paradigm
When psychiatry and other forms of professional mental health care are not accessible, people suffer in silence or turn to ...
COVID survivors show lingering brain abnormalities up to 6 months after infection
A specialized type of MRI showed lingering brain abnormalities in patients up to 6 months after they recovered from COVID-19 ...
Do you know a second alphabet? Additional written languages give bilingual people’s brains a boost
New research suggests that the brain of a bilingual person who knows two alphabets is different from that of a ...
Childhood obesity associated with brain abnormalities, study shows
Children with overweight or obesity appeared to have abnormalities in the brain that could affect executive functioning, an analysis of ...
Junk food could interfere with cognitive function, as well as increase obesity and illnesses
Ultra-processed foods have lots of added and unhealthy ingredients, such as sugar, salt, fat, artificial colors and preservatives. Examples include ...
‘Quirks of our reptilian brains’: Why looming deadlines can cause paralyzing anxiety
Do you ever get so overwhelmed with schoolwork that all you can do is curl up on the couch and ...
‘Mind-controlled wheelchairs’: Helping paralyzed people navigate the world with just their thoughts
Three people with paralysis of all four limbs used their thoughts to steer a wheelchair through a cluttered room with ...
Gut-brain connection: How the microbiome affects our susceptibility to Alzheimer’s disease — and how we think
A growing body of evidence indicates that the gut microbiome plays an essential function in gastrointestinal health and in metabolic ...
Eating flavonols: Antioxidants found in veggies, tea, and wine may help slow down memory loss and cognitive decline
Eating more flavonols, antioxidants found in many vegetables, fruits, tea and wine, may slow your rate of memory loss, a ...
‘SuperAgers’: Here’s what elderly people into their 80s with superior memories have in common
To be a SuperAger, a term coined by the Northwestern researchers, a person must be over 80 and undergo extensive ...
What precautions should you take after a head injury? Saliva test for concussions possible as early as 2023
A saliva-based concussion test could become available in 2023 after a U.S. patent was awarded to Quadrant Biosciences, Penn State ...
How closely are genes tied to our language abilities?
More than 7,000 languages are spoken in the world. This linguistic diversity is passed on from one generation to the ...
Drugs that biologically block insomnia may also reduce addictive behavior and reduce cravings
Researchers think they’ve identified a biological process for drug and alcohol addiction and believe existing insomnia treatments could be used ...
How eating ‘ultra-processed’ foods affects your mental health
Ultra-processed foods are popular because they’re convenient, ready to eat, and usually less expensive than other foods. However, they tend ...
Did ancient humans experience depression or anxiety?
Operationalizing a perspective that discusses generalized anxiety and other mental health disorders without interpreting history through the lens of our ...
Meditation or medication? Mindfulness course as effective at reducing anxiety as drugs, study shows
A mindfulness meditation course may be as effective at reducing anxiety as a common medication, according to a new study ...
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 ...
