Cognitive-Motor Training Could Slow or Reverse Dementia
Summary: A York University study reports that 30 minutes of once-weekly cognitive-motor training can slow dementia progression and, for some participants in…
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New Brain Blood Flow Maps Show How Neurons Are Nourished
Summary: A new study resolves a century-old question about how the brain matches blood vessel distribution to local energy use. Source: UCSD…
Researchers Pinpoint Risk Factors for Teen Binge Drinking
Neuroscientists running the largest longitudinal adolescent brain imaging study to date report that predicting teenage binge drinking is feasible. In their published…
Traumatic Brain Injury Raises Brain Cancer Mortality
Summary: A large new analysis reveals a clear biological association between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and higher long-term brain cancer mortality. Researchers…
Sense of Smell Uses Predictive Coding More Than Vision
Summary: New research shows that human olfaction relies heavily on predictive coding—more so than vision—reframing smell as a sophisticated, proactive sense rather…
Big Data Mining Reveals New Clues to Alzheimer’s
Scientists at the University of Manchester have applied a novel comparative approach to identify a gene linked to neurodegenerative conditions such as…
Why We Associate Vowels with Colors: The Science of Synesthesia
Summary: While only about 1 in 25 people has synesthesia, a new study finds that intuitions about “sound colors” are shared by…
Implanted Pump Delivers Chemotherapy Directly to Brain Tumors
Summary: A fully implantable pump system can safely bypass the blood-brain barrier to deliver chemotherapy directly into the brain, showing biological activity…
How Cerebral Blood Vessels Protect the Brain During Inflammation
Summary: New research from the University of British Columbia shows how blood vessels help protect the brain during inflammation. The discovery identifies…
Study: Cheating May Be an Innate Human Trait
Summary: New field research indicates that cheating for personal financial gain is driven more by an individual’s inherent propensity to cheat than…
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