How Stress During Pregnancy Influences a Child’s Eating Habits
Summary: New research indicates that stress experienced by mothers during pregnancy can negatively shape their children’s food preferences and diets, with potential…
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How Out-of-Body Experiences Help Trauma Recovery
Summary: New research from the University of Virginia suggests that out-of-body experiences (OBEs)—moments when people feel separated from their physical bodies—may often…
Researchers Identify Brainstem Changes in Parkinson’s Disease
Summary: A new study finds that in Parkinson’s disease, surviving neurons in a brainstem region called the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) contain higher…
People Rely More on Inferred Visual Objects Than on Real Ones
Summary: New research finds that people often treat internally generated, “filled-in” visual percepts as more reliable than comparable external images. Source: eLife…
Vitamin D Deficiency May Raise Chronic Headache Risk
Summary: A new population study links more frequent chronic headaches with lower serum vitamin D levels. Source: University of Eastern Finland. Vitamin…
Study: Lithium Could Halt Alzheimer’s Progression
Summary: Low, microdose lithium delivered in a brain-permeable formulation appears to stop progression of Alzheimer’s-related pathology and restore cognitive function in an…
Genetic Variants Linked to Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
Summary: Researchers have identified two distinct pathways for how amyloid pathology develops in Alzheimer’s disease. Source: Karolinska Institute Two commonly used methods…
Scientists Identify Potential Alzheimer’s Trigger
A team of scientists from Lomonosov Moscow State University, together with researchers from the Institute of Molecular Biology at the Russian Academy…
Escitalopram Alters Brain Connectivity Within Hours
One single dose of the antidepressant escitalopram alters resting-state network connectivity across the brain within hours. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute…
How to Spot Language-Based Learning Challenges in Children
Summary: A new University of Missouri study links working memory to learning in young children and points to classroom strategies that could…
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