How Visual Experience Shapes Infant Development
Summary: Researchers have identified a fundamental aspect of early visual experience: very young infants encounter a distinctive “visual diet” dominated by simple,…
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How Anesthesia Disrupts Brain Activity to Cause Unconsciousness
Summary: MIT neuroscientists report that the common anesthetic propofol produces unconsciousness by pushing the brain out of its narrow operating range between…
Childhood Stomach Pain Linked to Teen Disordered Eating
Childhood Recurrent Abdominal Pain Linked to Fasting Behaviours in Adolescence, Study Finds Summary: Children aged 7 to 9 who experience recurring abdominal…
How the Brain’s Attention Network Controls Focus
Summary: Using depth electrodes implanted in patients with epilepsy, researchers tracked the rapid spread of neural activity underlying exogenous attention—the automatic reorientation…
How Cognitive Shortcuts Drive Vaccine Hesitancy and Mask Refusal
Summary: Cognitive shortcuts help explain why some people resist or inconsistently follow public health recommendations such as masking and vaccination during the…
New Data Reveals How Head Injuries Occur in Kids
For teens, assaults, sports and vehicle crashes lead; for young children, falls are the primary cause of head injuries A large prospective…
New Honeycomb Maze Outperforms Standard Spatial Navigation Tests
Summary: Researchers have designed a new maze to evaluate spatial and navigational memory. The Honeycomb Maze is reported to be a substantial…
Repurposed Anticoagulant Shows Promise for COVID-19 Treatment
Summary: Tissue plasminogen activators (tPA), FDA-approved drugs commonly used to dissolve clots in heart attack and stroke patients, are being investigated as…
Brain Networks Predict Social Ties in Schizophrenia, Anhedonia
Summary: This study compared real-world social network size and resting-state functional connectivity of a social brain network in people with schizophrenia and…
Estrogen Therapy May Lower Alzheimer’s Risk in Women
Summary: Early postmenopausal estrogen replacement may reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease in some women. Source: IOS Press Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is…
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