Summary: People formulate personal goals consistent with their personality traits, and their goals are related to how their personality changes over time.

Source: UC Davis

In the first research of its kind, […]

Summary: People with PTSD were more than twice as likely to develop dementia than the general population.

Source: UCL

People who have experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are up to twice as […]

Summary: The striatum and premotor cortex show altered patterns in neural activity when encoding time. The dynamics of the striatum were more sequential than those of the premotor cortex.

Source: […]

Summary: When a mouse senses a threat, neurons in the ventromedial hypothalamus become activated and remain active for ten seconds after the threat is removed. Fear responses could be induced by artificially […]

Summary: Researchers link the rise in acute stress and depression rates in the U.S to multiple stressors, such as unemployment and coronavirus-related media consumption.

Source: UC Irvine

Experiencing […]

Summary: A combination of the Zika virus and Chikungunya, two mosquito-borne infections, increase stroke risk, a new study reports.

Source: University of Liverpool

A deadly combination of two mosquito-borne […]

Summary: Results from a new study implicate the ventromedial thalamus in cost-benefit decision making.

Source: OIST

Every day, we make hundreds of decisions. While most are small and inconsequential, like […]

Summary: People who actively communicate in two or more languages may have a lower risk of cognitive decline associated with aging.

Source: UOC

As well as allowing us to communicate with other people, […]

Summary: When a child reaches the age of two-and-a-half, the primary purpose of sleep changes from brain-building to brain maintenance and repair, a role it maintains for the rest of our lives.

Source: […]

Summary: Gamma interferons, a type of immune cell that induces and modulates several immune system responses, may also play a role in preventing depression.

Source: Yale

An inflammatory autoimmune response […]

Summary: While numerous researchers have concluded that diet can help prevent or alleviate symptoms of depression, a new study reports the evidence to support such claims is weak.

Source: Leiden […]

Summary: Study implicated hippocampal neurons in our ability to make educated guesses.

Source: UK Research and Innovation

Researchers have identified how cells in our brains work together to join up […]

Summary: HIRREM, a closed-loop acoustic stimulation neurotechnology, reduced insomnia symptoms, and improved autonomic nervous system function.

Source: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center

For people with […]

Summary: Cortical representations for the sounds and meanings of new words learned form within an hour or two following exposure.

Source: Skoltech

How much time does a brain need to learn a new word? A team […]

Summary: In mice lacking the GLT-1 transporter, cortical spreading depression, a neural excitation that underlies migraine pathology, occurred more frequently and spread more quickly. The findings provide […]

Summary: Structural and functional coupling in visual areas of the mouse brain can be detected at sub-cellular resolution in vitro.

Source: Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

To understand the […]

Summary: Women who experience reproductive periods for more than 38 years are at increased risk of developing dementia later in life. The study found dementia and Alzheimer’s risk increased successively for every […]

Summary: Researchers have uncovered the structure of psychedelic compounds when they actively bind to the 5-HT2A serotonin receptor on the surface of brain cells. The discovery could lead to the exploration of […]

Summary: A defective protein quality control system leads to motor neuron death associated with disorders like ALS.

Source: Scripps Research Institute

Failures in a quality control system that protects […]

Summary: A genetic variation that alters the metabolism of glutathione may be responsible for cognitive decline in people who do not have other associated biomarkers, a new study reports.

Source: AAN

A […]