How a Hidden Brain Circuit Keeps Vision Reliable
Summary: Excitatory neurons in the visual cortex encode images, while two distinct types of inhibitory interneurons work together in a circuit that…
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Boost Medication Effectiveness by Playing Your Favorite Song
Summary: Listening to favorite music may enhance the effects of medication and reduce side effects. In a pilot study, cancer patients who…
Why Your Brain Idealizes Someone You Love
Summary: A new, world-first study examines how romantic love interacts with the brain’s Behavioral Activation System (BAS), revealing how love shifts attention…
How Personality Shapes Your Email Habits
Summary: Sending and checking email outside of working hours increases stress, and personality differences influence how people use email and what they…
What Dreams Reveal About Brain Disease
REM Sleep Disorders May Be an Early Warning Sign of Neurodegenerative Disease Summary: Researchers report that disturbances in dreaming and specific sleep…
How the Brain Multitasks: The Science of Attention
Findings clarify how the brain prioritizes important information and how neural circuits may malfunction in attention disorders. Researchers at NYU Langone Medical…
Study Reveals US Down Syndrome Population Trends Since 1950
Summary: Researchers analyzed decades of data to estimate how many people in the United States have Down syndrome and examined differences across…
Alzheimer’s Disease: Four Distinct Subtypes Explained
Summary: An international research team has identified four distinct subtypes of Alzheimer’s disease based on patterns of tau protein accumulation. The discovery…
This Gene Variant in Muscle Protein Boosts Cold Tolerance
Summary: New research shows that lacking the muscle protein α-actinin-3 improves human cold tolerance by increasing sustained muscle tone. An estimated 1.5…
Alzheimer’s Disease Redefined: Causes, Diagnosis, Treatments
Summary: Researchers have proposed a new research framework that defines Alzheimer’s disease by measurable brain changes rather than by symptoms. New Research…
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