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Pinpointing the Optimal Age of Puppy Cuteness

Neuroscience NewsMay 15, 2018

A new study reports people find puppies cutest just before they reach ten weeks of age. Researchers say this is around the same time at which they wean from their mothers and start to fend for themselves.... Read More...

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How Will Humans Respond to Alien Life?

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 17, 2018

How will we take the news that we are 'not alone' in the universe? Rather well, researchers say.... Read More...

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New Insight Into Self-Control Through Neuroimaging

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 4, 2017

A new neuroimaging study reveals self control varies depending on the importance of the decision. Self control, researchers note, may also be augmented when people are asked to justify their decisions.... Read More...

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Image shows a diagram of an alzheimer's brain slice.

New Brain Death Pathway in Alzheimer’s Identified

Neuroscience NewsJuly 24, 2017

A new Nature Neuroscience study provides evidence that necroptosis is linked to cognitive decline and severity of Alzheimer's disease. The finding that necroptosis is activated in Alzheimer's provides a plausible mechanism that underlies the neuron loss associated with the disease.... Read More...

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Research Seeks to Boost Memory and Performance with Targeted Electrical Stimulation

Neuroscience NewsApril 27, 2017

Researchers look to transdermal electrical neuromodulation to help boost performance and memory.... Read More...

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Ancient DNA Can Both Diminish and Defend Modern Minds

Neuroscience NewsDecember 30, 2016

A new study raises the question of whether a genetic mutation associated with neurodegeneration in one environment could act in a positive way in a different setting.... Read More...

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Power Outage in the Brain Could Be Source of Alzheimer’s

Neuroscience NewsNovember 7, 2016

A new study appears to build on the previous research that suggests genetic mutations which affect mitochondria function could be critical to the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease.... Read More...

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News

Chromosome Study May Lead to Personalized Counselling For Pregnant Women

Frontal Lobe Implicated in Chronic Pain

Peer Rejection Isn’t the Culprit Behind School Shootings

Neuroscience

Chromosome Study May Lead to Personalized Counselling For Pregnant Women

Neurology

Frontal Lobe Implicated in Chronic Pain

Researchers Shed New Light on Motor Neuron Death

People with Dementia More Likely to Go Missing

AI

Humans and Machines Learn Together to Win a Competition

Artificial Intelligence Improves Stroke and Dementia Diagnosis in Brain Scans

Robot Teaches Itself How to Dress People

Robotics

New Tech May Make Prosthetic Hands Easier for Patients to Use

Robotic Assembly of the World’s Smallest House