Optimizing Decision-Making for Mutual Benefit
Summary: Researchers investigated how human brains weigh choices that affect other people, especially when preferences conflict. In a controlled experiment, participants learned…
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Pregnancy Fruit Intake Linked to Improved Baby Brain Development
Summary: Researchers found that children whose mothers ate more fruit during pregnancy scored higher on cognitive development tests at one year of…
Why Sleep Boosts Memory: New Scientific Insights
Summary: Sleep strengthens both original and updated versions of memories, enabling flexible, adaptive use of past experiences, researchers report. Source: University of…
Biodegradable Implant Boosts Nerve Regrowth in Rats
Implantable, Biodegradable Device Accelerates Peripheral Nerve Regeneration in Rats Summary: Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Northwestern…
How Desired Emotions Shape Others’ Influence on Your Mood
Summary: People can exert more control over how others influence their emotions than previously believed. In laboratory experiments and social media analysis,…
Hearing Voices Caused by Brain Misreading Inner Speech
Inner Speech Misattribution May Explain Auditory Hallucinations in Schizophrenia Summary: New research from the University of New South Wales provides strong evidence…
How Gut Rhythms Make Us Turn Away From Disgusting Sights
Summary: Changes in the electrical rhythm of the stomach can prompt people to avert their gaze from images they find disgusting. Source:…
Chronic Depression Rewires Brain Networks
Summary: A collaborative neuroimaging study shows that the length of a depressive episode fundamentally changes how major functional brain networks communicate. Researchers…
When Music Stops Bringing Joy: A Brain Connectivity Link
Summary: A new study finds that people with specific musical anhedonia—those who do not derive pleasure from music—show reduced connectivity between auditory…
How Womb and Birth Microbes Shape Newborn Brain Development
Summary: New research shows that maternal microbes are a key factor in early brain development. Using a mouse model, scientists found that…
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