How Sleep Synchronizes Brain Regions to Form Motor Memory
Summary: New research explains how motor memory is consolidated during sleep. Source: UCSF When a player like Steph Curry takes a free…
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Foods You Eat Together That May Raise Dementia Risk
Summary: New research suggests that dementia risk may be linked less to single foods and more to combinations of foods people habitually…
How Babies Recognize Related Words Like Car and Juice
Babies’ Early Vocabulary: Six-Month-Olds Recognize When Words Are Related Summary: An eye-tracking study shows that infants as young as six months can…
How Robots Learn to Feel: Haptics and Tactile Sensors
Robots with tactile sensors can identify materials by touch, advancing the development of more useful prostheses. Until recently, robots had very limited…
Flip the Switch on Human Neuroplasticity
Summary: Glutamate is released in two distinct phases at hippocampal synapses: first near AMPA-type receptors to transmit the immediate signal, and then…
New study: Psychiatric diagnoses lack scientific validity
Study Finds Psychiatric Diagnostic Labels Poor Tools for Identifying Discrete Mental Disorders Summary: Researchers conclude many psychiatric diagnoses are scientifically weak as…
Does Air Pollution Reduce the Brain Benefits of Exercise?
Summary: Vigorous exercise appears to offer smaller benefits for certain brain health measures when it takes place in areas with higher air…
Microscopic Device Could Reveal Hidden Brain Activity
Summary: Researchers have created a new multifunctional device that can record, sense, and manipulate human brain organoids. This platform enables detailed studies…
Latest Progress on the World’s First Alzheimer’s Vaccine
Summary: Researchers report a promising vaccine formulation that targets the pathological proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease, offering potential for both prevention and…
Single Dose Sparks New Neurons and Reverses Parkinson’s
Summary: Researchers delivered a PTB-targeting antisense oligonucleotide directly into the midbrain of mice. A subset of astrocytes converted into neurons, increasing neuronal…
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