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Featured Psychology

·August 2, 2010·2 min read

PTSD – Mental Toll of War Still Costly 20 Years Later

Some villages in Liberia have much higher rates of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, than others.

Featured Neuroethics Neuroscience

·July 31, 2010·3 min read

Reading P300 Brain Waves to Predict Terrorist Attacks

Reading P300 brain waves of people concealing information allows researchers to reliably predict the concealed information.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 29, 2010·3 min read

New Molecular Clue About Cause Of Brain Cell Death In Neurodegenerative Diseases

Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute have discovered a new molecular clue about the cause of brain cell death in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.

Featured Genetics Psychology

·July 26, 2010·3 min read

Bullying, Genetics and Emotions: New Research Shows Links

Genetics research into the emotional responses of bullying shows that many bullied victims that later experience more emotional problems have genetic similarities.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 26, 2010·3 min read

Early Education Fights Dementia

Brain research reveals a correlation between amount of education and dementia.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 22, 2010·3 min read

Learning and Memory Not Boosted by High Levels of SIRT1

SIRT1 was again found to be important in learning and memory for mice, but boosting SIRT1 above the normal levels of expression did not lead to an improvement in learning and memory.

Neuroscience Psychology

·July 21, 2010·1 min read

PTSD Peaks in Women Aged 51-55 and Men Aged 41-45

New research shows that Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) peaks in men between the ages of 41-45 and in women between the ages 51-55.

Psychology

·July 20, 2010·4 min read

Depression Among Hepatitis C Virus Sufferers Not Evaluated Properly

Patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) are often not evaluated thoroughly for depression during routine clinical interviews, possibly compromising clinical trials for drugs and therapies for treating patients with HCV.

The image shows brains as the feet of musical notes.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·July 20, 2010·3 min read

Neuroscience of Music – How Music Enhances Learning Through Neuroplasticity

Neuroscience research into the neuroscience of music shows that musicians' brains may be primed to distinguish meaningful sensory information from noise.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·July 20, 2010·3 min read

Natural Substance NT-020 Increased Neural Stem Cells, Memory and Neurogenesis in Aging Brain

NT-020, a combination of nutrients, increased neural stem cell proliferation, neurogenesis and helped improve memory in the aging brains of mice.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·July 19, 2010·3 min read

Thought Control of Prosthetic Limbs Funded by DARPA

Thought control of prosthetic limbs via brain-controlled interfaces will be tested and developed with funding from DARPA. Human subjects will test neural interface systems used to control prosthetic limbs.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 19, 2010·2 min read

Journal of NeuroVirology

Neuroscientists will want to take note of a publication change to the Journal of Neurovirology ( JNV ). Springer will be publishing the Journal of NeuroVirology starting January 2011.