How Rivalry Rewires the Brain and Sparks Fan Outbursts
Summary: New brain-imaging research shows that soccer fans undergo rapid shifts in neural circuits for reward and self-control when their team wins…
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How Estrogen Shapes Dopamine and Reward Learning
Summary: A new study from NYU demonstrates that estrogen naturally modulates dopamine signaling in the brain and thereby alters how female rats…
How Your Everyday Speech Could Reveal Early Cognitive Decline
Summary: Researchers report that everyday speech timing — including pauses, filler words, and subtle pacing patterns — closely reflects executive function, a…
How AI Models Develop Theory of Mind
Summary: Researchers found that large language models (LLMs) rely on a very small, specialized subset of parameters to perform Theory-of-Mind (ToM) reasoning,…
Chronic Stress Cuts Brain Blood Flow, Heightens Dementia Risk
Summary: Researchers discovered that a rare class of neurons—type-I nNOS neurons—has a central role in regulating cerebral blood flow and coordinating neural…
Autism and ADHD Share Common Brain Biology
Summary: A new study finds that the severity of autistic symptoms — rather than the formal diagnostic label — corresponds to common…
Why Your Brain Struggles to Switch Between Learned Motor Skills
Summary: A recent study from Johns Hopkins University reveals that people commonly struggle to switch between familiar motor behaviors and newly learned…
Mom’s Voice Shapes How Babies Recognize New Faces
Summary: New research reveals that seven-month-old infants are highly attuned to their mothers’ voices, showing stronger neural tracking when hearing their mother…
Psychedelics Calm Stress Circuits to Reduce Alcohol Consumption
Summary: New preclinical research indicates that psilocin—the active metabolite produced when the psychedelic psilocybin is metabolized—can reduce alcohol consumption by calming stress-sensitive…
Why People with Alzheimer’s Forget Family and Friends
Summary: Researchers at the University of Virginia have identified a structural cause for the heartbreaking loss of recognition seen in many people…
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