Early Screen Time Tied to Lasting Brain Changes and Teen Anxiety
Summary: New longitudinal research tracking children for more than a decade links high screen exposure before age two with earlier-than-normal maturation of…
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Missing Brain Receptor May Explain Autism
Summary: Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions. This molecular difference supports the theory…
Question Your Doubts to Boost Motivation
Summary: When people who feel uncertain about an important identity goal are subtly prompted to question the validity of their own doubts,…
AI Brain Model Reveals How Neurons Learn and Where They Fail
Summary: A biologically grounded computational model, constructed to mirror real neural circuits and never trained on animal data, learned a visual categorization…
Engineered Protein Uncovers Hidden Signals Between Neurons
Summary: Researchers have built a next-generation glutamate sensor, iGluSnFR4, that can detect the faint incoming synaptic signals between neurons in living brain…
How Seeing Numbers Changes Spatial Perception
Summary: New research from Tokyo Metropolitan University shows that numbers displayed in our visual field can subtly bias how we judge spatial…
Does Consciousness Require a New Kind of Computation?
Summary: A new theoretical framework proposes that the old divide between computational functionalism and biological naturalism misses how real brains compute. The…
How Cues Hijack Decision-Making in Some People
Summary: Some people rely strongly on visual and auditory cues when making choices. This heightened cue sensitivity can produce persistent, maladaptive decisions:…
How Smiles Trigger Mimicry and Boost Trust
Summary: People automatically mirror the facial expressions of others, but new research finds we do this much more for joyful faces than…
Guilt vs. Shame: Distinct Brain Pathways Shaping Behavior
Summary: Guilt and shame arise from different cognitive triggers and rely on distinct neural systems to guide compensatory behavior. In a controlled…
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