How invisible presences hijack the social counting brain in Parkinson's disease

by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIf you had to estimate the number of people in a room, without counting them one by one, by nature you would overcount

Updated on: March 19,2024

How invisible presences hijack the social counting brain in Parkinson's disease

by Ecole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIf you had to estimate the number of people in a room, without counting them one by one, by nature you would overcount

Updated on:March 19,2024

What an animated taco reveals about curiosity and patience

byDuke UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainCuriosity paradoxically increases people's patience for an answer, while simultaneously making them more eager to hear it, finds a new study

Updated on: January 12,2024

What an animated taco reveals about curiosity and patience

byDuke UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainCuriosity paradoxically increases people's patience for an answer, while simultaneously making them more eager to hear it, finds a new study

Updated on:January 12,2024

Injuries to primary visual cortex cause long-term dysfunction of neural circuits

by Marcin Powęska,Polish Academy of SciencesInjuries to primary visual cortex cause long-term dysfunction of neural circuits. Credit: ICTER / Grzegorz KrzyzewskiEven mild head injuries can mean

Updated on: February 05,2024

Injuries to primary visual cortex cause long-term dysfunction of neural circuits

by Marcin Powęska,Polish Academy of SciencesInjuries to primary visual cortex cause long-term dysfunction of neural circuits. Credit: ICTER / Grzegorz KrzyzewskiEven mild head injuries can mean

Updated on:February 05,2024

Microscopic blood vessel disease in the brain's white matter associated with worse cognition in Alzheimer's

by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityDr. Zsolt Bagi with coauthors Katie Anne Fopiano, AU graduate student, and Dr. Yanna Tian, who just earned her graduate degree from AU and has s

Updated on: April 20,2024

Microscopic blood vessel disease in the brain's white matter associated with worse cognition in Alzheimer's

by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityDr. Zsolt Bagi with coauthors Katie Anne Fopiano, AU graduate student, and Dr. Yanna Tian, who just earned her graduate degree from AU and has s

Updated on:April 20,2024

Socially active 60-year-olds face lower dementia risk

by University College LondonCredit: CC0 Public DomainBeing more socially active in your 50s and 60s predicts a lower risk of developing dementia later on, finds a new UCL-led study.Thelongi

Updated on: June 14,2024

Socially active 60-year-olds face lower dementia risk

by University College LondonCredit: CC0 Public DomainBeing more socially active in your 50s and 60s predicts a lower risk of developing dementia later on, finds a new UCL-led study.Thelongi

Updated on:June 14,2024

Study explores how brain waves reflect melody predictions while listening to music

by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical XpressA, Snippet of the sets of regressors obtained from one piece of music used to calculate the TRFs. From top to bottom: acoustic envelope (Env), half-way rectified firs

Updated on: November 28,2024

Study explores how brain waves reflect melody predictions while listening to music

by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical XpressA, Snippet of the sets of regressors obtained from one piece of music used to calculate the TRFs. From top to bottom: acoustic envelope (Env), half-way rectified firs

Updated on:November 28,2024

Getting the temperature just right helps people with dementia stay cool

by Paul Cooper, Federico Tartarini And Richard Fleming,The ConversationDr Federico Tartarini (right) led the study that found that indoor temperatures in aged care centres have a dramatic impact

Updated on: April 29,2024

Getting the temperature just right helps people with dementia stay cool

by Paul Cooper, Federico Tartarini And Richard Fleming,The ConversationDr Federico Tartarini (right) led the study that found that indoor temperatures in aged care centres have a dramatic impact

Updated on:April 29,2024

Hospice improves quality of care in patients with dementia

by University of California, San FranciscoCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWhile the hospice program was originally designed for patients with cancer, who are expected to die within six months, c

Updated on: April 25,2024

Hospice improves quality of care in patients with dementia

by University of California, San FranciscoCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWhile the hospice program was originally designed for patients with cancer, who are expected to die within six months, c

Updated on:April 25,2024

Research suggests myelin fatty acid metabolism could serve as an energy reserve for the central nervous system

by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical XpressElectron microscopy image of optic nerve myelin. Credit: Wiebke Moebius, MPI Goettingen.The brains of mammals expend a significant amount of energy in the form of ade

Updated on: October 18,2024

Research suggests myelin fatty acid metabolism could serve as an energy reserve for the central nervous system

by Ingrid Fadelli , Medical XpressElectron microscopy image of optic nerve myelin. Credit: Wiebke Moebius, MPI Goettingen.The brains of mammals expend a significant amount of energy in the form of ade

Updated on:October 18,2024

How blocking a neural receptor responsible for addiction could reduce alcohol use

by The Scripps Research InstituteTime course of alcohol self-administration acquisition across 21 training sessions and escalation of drinking during week 6 of CIE vapor exposure. (A) Male and fe

Updated on: March 30,2024

How blocking a neural receptor responsible for addiction could reduce alcohol use

by The Scripps Research InstituteTime course of alcohol self-administration acquisition across 21 training sessions and escalation of drinking during week 6 of CIE vapor exposure. (A) Male and fe

Updated on:March 30,2024

Brain's 'appetite control center' found to be different in people who are overweight or living with obesity

by University of CambridgeCredit: CC0 Public DomainCambridge scientists have shown that the hypothalamus, a key region of the brain involved in controlling appetite, is different in the brains of

Updated on: February 05,2024

Brain's 'appetite control center' found to be different in people who are overweight or living with obesity

by University of CambridgeCredit: CC0 Public DomainCambridge scientists have shown that the hypothalamus, a key region of the brain involved in controlling appetite, is different in the brains of

Updated on:February 05,2024

Imaging of a living brain can help clearly differentiate between two types of dementia

by Champalimaud Centre for the UnknownSPECT images, superimposed on a magnetic resonance atlas, of an axial slice (top row) and a sagittal slice (bottom row) of the human brain, with a quantitative ar

Updated on: June 11,2024

Imaging of a living brain can help clearly differentiate between two types of dementia

by Champalimaud Centre for the UnknownSPECT images, superimposed on a magnetic resonance atlas, of an axial slice (top row) and a sagittal slice (bottom row) of the human brain, with a quantitative ar

Updated on:June 11,2024