Two newly developed tests, one which analyzes urine samples and a simple blood test, can detect the presence of glioma brain cancer.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Decisions About What We See Are Relayed Back Through the Brain
Study reveals how decisions based on visual information, which involves a complex stream of data flowing forwards and backward along the visual pathways, are broadcast widely to neurons in the visual system, including those not involved in the decision…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Machine Learning Used to Successfully Measure Attachment in Children
Artificial intelligence technology was able to accurately predict attachment in young children.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Brain’s ‘Memory Center’ Needed to Recognize Image Sequences but Not Single Sights
While the visual cortex stores individual images in the brain, the hippocampus plays a significant role in the ability to recognize a sequence of images.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Teens With a History of Self-Harm Have a Significantly Higher Threshold for Pain
Teens who have self-harmed five or more times in their lives have a significantly higher pain threshold than those who have never self-harmed.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Climate Changed the Size of Our Bodies and, To Some Extent, Our Brains
A new study reveals the impact climate played in the evolution of the human brain and body. Studying 300 fossils from the genus Homo found across the globe, researchers found those who lived in colder climates had larger body frames. Larger bodies prov…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Micro-Circuits in the Brain Regulate Fear
The central amygdala isn’t only the hub for fear response in the brain, it also contains microcircuits that regulate the suppression of fear response.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Direct Genetic Link to ASD Identified
Researchers identified a novel, direct link between autism and the SUV39H2 gene.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study Reveals Extent of Brain Complications in Children Hospitalized With COVID-19
1 in 20 children hospitalized for COVID-19 in the UK develop neurological complications associated with the viral infection. A new study reveals a wide spectrum of neurological complications in children and suggests they may be more common than in adul…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Blood Immune and Clotting Components Could Contribute to Psychosis
A new theory proposes an imbalance of blood proteins involved in the immune system and in blood clotting networks leads to inflammation that contributes to the development of psychosis.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Dogs May Not Return Their Owners’ Good Deeds
A new study demonstrated dogs do not reciprocate food-giving, nor do they act more favorably toward a friendly human.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Red Blood Cell ‘Traffic’ Contributes to Changes in Brain Oxygenation
Inherent randomness in the flow rate of red blood cells through capillaries could be a cause of oxygen fluctuations in the brain.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A New Spidey Sense
Jumping spiders can distinguish between living and non-living objects based upon their movement, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Emotion, Cooperation and Locomotion Crucial From an Early Age
Emotional knowledge, cooperative social behavior, and locomotor activity are three key skills for promoting numerical learning in young children.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: What Does the Sleeping Brain Think About?
Combining EEG data and MRI brain scans, researchers discovered how, during sleep, the hippocampus sends memory information it has stored throughout the day to the cerebral cortex, allowing for memory consolidation.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Mini-Brain Study Shows How Environmental Risk Factors Can Amplify Genetic Risks for Autism
Using human stem cells to develop a brain organoid model, researchers were able to show exposure to a common pesticide synergizes with an autism-linked gene mutation. The study provides clear evidence that genetics and environment may combine to disrup…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Cannabis Terpenes Provide Pain Relief and Contribute to ‘Entourage Effect’
Cannabis terpenes, the part of the plant which provides aroma and flavor, may provide therapeutic benefits in controlling pain, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Cannabis Terpenes Provide Pain Relief and Contribute to ‘Entourage Effect’
Cannabis terpenes, the part of the plant which provides aroma and flavor, may provide therapeutic benefits in controlling pain, a new study reports.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Empathy May Drive Rats and Other Mammals to Help Friends Over Strangers
When a rat helps another within its social group, brain areas associated with reward and motivation become more active. This does not occur when a rat is faced with the prospect of helping another rat outside its social group. Researchers say the findi…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Antibiotics in Early Life Could Affect Brain Development
Early-life exposure to antibiotics could impact brain development in areas associated with emotional and cognitive function, a new study reports. Researchers found penicillin exposure in infant mice altered the microbiome and gene expression in key are…
