Mindfulness Practitioners Show Sharper Working Memory Backed by Prefrontal Gamma Rhythms
A new EEG study finds that long-term mindfulness practitioners outperform matched controls on a verbal working memory task, with prefrontal ...
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Diabetes May Rewire the Brain in a Predictable Cascade, MRI Study Finds
A large MRI study finds that grey matter loss in type 2 diabetes appears to begin in the left insula ...
A Few Neurons Overexpressing C4 Remodel the Whole Cortical Neighborhood
Overexpressing the schizophrenia-linked complement gene C4 in just two percent of mouse cortical neurons triggers widespread transcriptional, lipid-droplet, and stress ...
Hearing Loss in Aging Weakens the Brain’s Wiring, Massive Scan Study Finds
A study of more than 2,400 older adults finds that age-related hearing loss is linked to weaker structural brain connections, ...
Brain Waves Reveal Why People in Mania Struggle to Read Other Minds
An event-related potential study finds that people with bipolar mania show weakened posterior and frontal brain responses during theory of ...
Good Moods Boost Men’s Risky Decisions but Leave Women’s Unmoved, Study Finds
A new experiment using the Iowa Gambling Task shows that induced positive moods significantly improve men's decision-making while women's performance ...
Gut microbes from schizophrenia patients trigger brain inflammation in mice
A new Translational Psychiatry study shows that gut microbiota transplanted from schizophrenia patients into healthy mice induces intestinal inflammation, Th17/Th1-skewed ...
Brain Scans Reveal Why Some Mice Break Under Stress While Others Bounce Back
A whole-brain imaging study in male mice has identified pre-existing and stress-evoked circuit signatures, including lateral orbital hyperactivity and salience ...
Heavier Athletes’ Brains Respond Differently to Dehydration During Exercise, Study Finds
A preliminary BMC Neuroscience study found that male athletes with high body mass index showed different prefrontal cortex oxygenation patterns ...
Estrogen Receptors May Hold the Key to Anesthesia’s Hidden Effects on the Brain
A new review reveals that the dynamic expression of estrogen receptor subtypes across brain development may explain why anesthesia causes ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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