Study Shows Brain Stimulation Improves Memory
Discovery may help treat memory disorders resulting from stroke, Alzheimer’s and brain injury. A Northwestern Medicine study finds that stimulating a specific…
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How Genocide Alters Empathy for Rival Groups Across Generations
Summary: Children of both perpetrators and survivors of genocide show the same ingroup empathy biases as their parents, despite not having lived…
Why Speaking Activates Both Sides of the Brain
Researchers at New York University and NYU Langone Medical Center report that speech production engages both hemispheres of the brain, overturning long-held…
Fecal Transplants Rejuvenate Aging Markers, Study Shows
Summary: Transplanting fecal microbiota from young mice into older mice reversed key markers of aging in the gut, brain, and eye. In…
New Strategy Improves Brain Drug Delivery
NIH researchers use rodent study to uncover novel approach to improve drug delivery to the brain Researchers at the National Institute of…
Simple Blood Test Detects Early Alzheimer’s
By the time most people receive a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease—based on clinical signs of cognitive decline—their brains have often experienced a…
New Study Reveals How Zika Virus Impairs Fetal Brain Development
Summary: Researchers have experimentally documented abnormal fetal brain development after a pregnant primate contracted the Zika virus, providing an important model for…
Study Shows AI Interviews Outperform Mental Health Scales
Summary: A recent study from Lund University shows that an AI conversational assistant can perform psychiatric assessment interviews with greater diagnostic accuracy…
How Dopamine Levels Shape Mentalizing Abilities
Summary: A new double-blind, placebo-controlled study shows that dopamine directly influences mentalising—the ability to infer others’ thoughts, feelings and intentions—in healthy adults.…
Study Finds New Therapy Relieves Chronic Itch
Summary: New research shows that an FDA-approved rheumatoid arthritis drug can reduce severe, unexplained chronic itch by blocking immune signals that directly…
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