Real-Time Memory Test Detects Alcohol Blackouts
Summary: Researchers have created the first objective, real-time method to detect alcohol-induced blackouts while a person is actively drinking. This approach addresses…
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Alzheimer’s Risk Gene Tied to Rapid ALS Progression
Summary: A neurogenetics study from Niigata University shows that APOE ε4 — a genetic variant best known for increasing Alzheimer’s disease risk…
Exercise Hormone Could Protect Neurons in Multiple Sclerosis
Summary: New neuroimmunology research identifies a cellular mechanism that helps explain why exercise improves neurological symptoms in multiple sclerosis (MS). The study…
Can Handwriting Speed Predict Cognitive Decline?
Summary: The timing and structural organization of handwriting can serve as an objective, non-invasive biomarker for cognitive decline. Researchers in Portugal used…
Emoji Test Reveals Kids’ Social Skills
Summary: Researchers have developed a streamlined, emoji-based screening tool that objectively measures social development in preschool children. The new digital framework uses…
How Parental Disapproval Ends Childhood Friendships
Summary: A recent longitudinal study provides the first direct evidence that parental disapproval — especially maternal disapproval — can reliably disrupt children’s…
Schizophrenia Risk Gene Linked to Overactive Neurons
Summary: A precision functional genomics study has mapped when and how a major schizophrenia-associated gene acts in developing human brain cells. Researchers…
Quit Smoking and Keep a Stable Weight to Lower Dementia Risk
Summary: A large longitudinal cohort study found a strong association between quitting smoking and a lower risk of developing dementia. While the…
New Arthritis Drug Helps Treatment-Resistant Depression
Summary: A pilot randomized, controlled clinical trial provides the first targeted clinical evidence that immunotherapy may offer a new treatment avenue for…
How Physics Equations Map Memory Distortions in the Brain
Summary: A bold, cross-disciplinary study will investigate how intense human emotions distort and reorganize memory. The project, titled Quantum Emotions, represents a…
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