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·December 2, 2025·12 min read

Shingles Vaccine Linked to 20% Lower Dementia Risk

A large population analysis found that older adults who received the shingles vaccine were significantly less likely to develop dementia over the following seven years. The study exploited a rare age-based rollout policy that closely mimicked a randomized trial, allowing researchers to isolate the vaccine’s true effect.

This shows a photo of a tree and a brain on fire.

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·December 2, 2025·5 min read

Beautiful Images Feel Effortless to the Brain

New research suggests that what humans experience as visual beauty may actually be rooted in energy efficiency. Images that require fewer neurons and less metabolic work to process are consistently rated as more aesthetically pleasing.

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·December 1, 2025·5 min read

AI Watches Pianists and Reconstructs Their Muscle Signals

Researchers developed an AI system that can reconstruct fine hand muscle activity using only standard video footage. Traditionally, this type of measurement required intrusive electrodes attached to the skin, but the new method eliminates that need entirely.

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·December 1, 2025·7 min read

Scientists Achieve Sustained HIV Control Without Lifelong Drugs

Scientists tested a multi-step immune-based therapy designed to retrain the body to control HIV without continuous antiviral treatment. After stopping standard HIV drugs, seven out of ten participants maintained low viral levels for extended periods, and one showed no viral rebound at all.

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·December 1, 2025·5 min read

Insomnia Keeps the Brain Stuck in Daytime Mode

People with chronic insomnia show a delayed and weakened daily rhythm of mental activity, keeping the brain in a more alert, daytime-like state at night. Under tightly controlled conditions, individuals with insomnia failed to show the normal nighttime drop in goal-directed thinking seen in healthy sleepers.

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·December 1, 2025·5 min read

Singing Mice Reveal How Brains Evolved for Vocal Speech

Alston’s singing mice produce loud, rhythmic songs that scientists can clearly hear, alongside ultrasonic calls used for close-range communication. Researchers discovered that both types of vocalizations are generated through a whistle-like airflow mechanism rather than vibrating vocal cords.

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·November 29, 2025·6 min read

The Way You Drive Might Signal Mild Cognitive Impairment

Researchers found that long-term driving behavior can reveal early signs of cognitive decline years before clinical diagnosis. Older adults who later developed impairment showed gradual reductions in trip frequency, night driving, and route variety compared to cognitively healthy peers.

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·November 29, 2025·5 min read

Neural Ultrasound Boosts Learning in 60 Seconds

Researchers have successfully altered human reward learning using non-invasive transcranial ultrasound stimulation directed at a deep brain structure linked to motivation. After brief stimulation, participants learned faster from positive feedback and repeated rewarding choices more consistently.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·November 28, 2025·7 min read

CBD Can Reduce Aggression in Dogs

A massive multi-year analysis of tens of thousands of dogs reveals that CBD use is becoming increasingly common among aging companion animals. While dogs given CBD initially showed higher aggression, their aggression decreased below average levels with long-term use.

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Featured Neuroscience Pain

·November 27, 2025·6 min read

Watching Pain on Screen Can Make Your Body Flinch

Watching someone experience pain on screen activates your own brain’s touch-processing system in a highly organized, body-specific way. Visual regions of the brain contain hidden maps of the body that allow sight alone to trigger sensations normally produced by physical contact.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·November 26, 2025·5 min read

Brain Damage in Schizophrenia May Begin in Specific Neural Epicenters

New brain imaging research shows that structural damage in schizophrenia spectrum disorders may begin in specific “epicenter” regions before spreading across connected brain networks. Individuals with the condition showed widespread reductions in structural similarity between key cognitive and emotional brain regions.

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·November 26, 2025·8 min read

Brain Uses Molecular Timers to Decide What We Remember

New research shows that long-term memory is not stored by a single molecular switch, but by a sequence of timed genetic programs unfolding across different brain regions. Using a virtual-reality learning model in mice, scientists found that experiences are promoted or demoted through multiple biological “durability gates.”

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brain research

Shingles Vaccine Linked to 20% Lower Dementia Risk

Beautiful Images Feel Effortless to the Brain

AI Watches Pianists and Reconstructs Their Muscle Signals

Scientists Achieve Sustained HIV Control Without Lifelong Drugs

Insomnia Keeps the Brain Stuck in Daytime Mode

Singing Mice Reveal How Brains Evolved for Vocal Speech

The Way You Drive Might Signal Mild Cognitive Impairment

Neural Ultrasound Boosts Learning in 60 Seconds

CBD Can Reduce Aggression in Dogs

Watching Pain on Screen Can Make Your Body Flinch

Brain Damage in Schizophrenia May Begin in Specific Neural Epicenters

Brain Uses Molecular Timers to Decide What We Remember

Nicotine Withdrawal Makes Smokers More Sensitive to Pain

PTSD Linked to Accelerated Brain Aging

Brain Uses AI-Like Computations for Language

Extreme Heat Linked to Delays in Early Childhood Development

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