Does Consuming Low Fat Dairy Increase Parkinson’s Risk?
According to researchers, people who consumed at least three servings of low fat dairy a day were had a 34% higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease.... Read More...
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Research articles and news stories tagged with brain research
Retinal Cells ‘Go With the Flow’ to Assess Own Motion Through Space
A new study reveals how specialized cells in the retina sense motion.... Read More...
Predicting Autism: Study Links Infant Brain Connections to Diagnoses at Age 2
Researchers use MRI data from six month old babies to show how brain regions connect and synchronize. By using neuroimaging, they were able to predict which infants were at higher risk of developing autism and would be diagnosed with ASD by 2 years of age.... Read More...
How Cells Divide Tasks and Conquer Work
Study could help explain how neurons achieve greater efficiency and reliability.... Read More...
Brain Damage Can Make Sideways Faces More Memorable and Give Us ‘Emotional Blindness’
Research sheds light on how damage to the amygdala affects facial recognition and gaze perception.... Read More...
How Neurons Use Crowdsourcing to Make Decisions
Researchers investigate how neurons work together to help us make decisions.... Read More...
Addressing Misconceptions About Electroconvulsive Therapy
Summary: Despite popular belief, many patients who receive ECT view the therapy in a positive light, researchers report.
Source: Wiley.
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New ‘GPS’ Neurons Discovered
A new study sheds light on how the brain codes navigation behavior at larger scales.... Read More...
Connecting the Dots Between Dreams and Brain Disease
Researchers report dream dysfunctions and sleep disorders may be warning signs of neurodegenerative diseases up to 15 years before other symptoms appear.... Read More...
Gray Matter Density Increases During Adolescence
While brain volume decreases during the transition from childhood to young adulthood, gray matter volume actually increases, researchers report.... Read More...
Monkey Say: Marmosets Learn to Call the Same Way Human Babies Learn to Babble
Just as a baby's babbles begin to sound more like recognizable human speech if they receive frequent vocal feedback from adults, the same kind of interaction speeds up speech acquisition in marmosets, a new study reveals.... Read More...
Researchers Identify Brain Network Organization Changes
Researchers report brain network organization changes can influence executive function in young adults.... Read More...