Ebola Virus Persists in Survivors’ Brains, Study Shows
Summary: Researchers have uncovered how the Ebola virus can persist undetected in the human central nervous system for months or even years.…
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Brain Hub Predicts Sensory Input Across Changing Bodies
Summary: A new study mapped, for the first time across an entire neural circuit, how the brain predicts and suppresses self-generated sensory…
Why Reciprocity Breaks Down in Unequal Social Relationships
Summary: A new study from MIT reshapes how we understand cooperation. It shows that deliberate mental bookkeeping of favors—keeping strict score of…
How Your Unconscious Mind Blocks Distressing Language
Summary: A new study overturns a common intuition about attention and emotion: when people concentrate on a visual task, the brain can…
CES1 Gene Variants Linked to Compulsive Cocaine Addiction
Summary: A large genetic study expands the biological map of substance use disorder by identifying a primary genetic driver of cocaine addiction…
Cerebellar Matrix Failures Disrupt the Brain’s Social Circuits
Summary: Researchers have identified a structural mechanism in the cerebellum that controls large-scale social behavior circuits often disrupted in autism spectrum disorder…
How Sluggish Dopamine Drives Teen Substance Use
Summary: A new University of Pittsburgh study overturns a long-standing idea about teenage risk-taking. Instead of being driven by excess dopamine, early…
How Socioeconomic Status Shapes Children’s Brain Development
Summary: A new, large-scale study has reshaped our understanding of neurodevelopment by showing that a child’s socioeconomic environment leaves a stronger and…
Study Finds Ebola Virus Remains Active in Human Brain Tissue
Summary: Researchers uncovered how the Ebola virus can persist undetected in the human central nervous system for months or years. An international…
How Sleep Deprivation Disrupts Social Memory
Summary: Memory loss after a night of sleep deprivation reflects a temporary inability to retrieve stored information, not the permanent erasure of…
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