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Feel Light Headed When Standing Up? You May Have a Greater Risk of Dementia

Neuroscience NewsJuly 30, 2018

A new study reveals middle aged people who experience lightheadedness or dizziness upon standing, as a result of a sudden drop of blood pressure, may face a higher risk of developing dementia as they age.... Read More...

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Giddy for the Sound: Why Some People Get Dizzy Hearing Certain Sounds

Neuroscience NewsJuly 10, 2018

Researchers report the dizzying effect experienced by those who suffer from Tullio phenomena occurs when sound generates pathological fluid mechanical waves in the semicircular canals of the ear.... Read More...

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Shining a Light to Understand the Body’s Balance System

Neuroscience NewsOctober 7, 2017

Researchers have developed a new way to help understand how the vestibular system works as an animal stands still. The method involves using optical tweezers to study the activity in the vestibular system.... Read More...

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Feel Dizzy When You Get Up? It Could Signal Serious Health Problems

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 23, 2015

According to a new study, people who get dizzy several minutes after standing up could be at risk of more serious conditions, or even death.... Read More...

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Where Does Dizziness Come From?

Neuroscience NewsOctober 9, 2013

Researchers have pinpointed a key area in the brain for upright perception. ... Read More...

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Ballet Dancers’ Brains Adapt to Stop Them Feeling Dizzy

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 26, 2013

Researchers report on differences in the brain structures of ballet dancers which could help them avoid feeling dizzy when they pirouette. The finding could help improve treatment for patients with chronic dizziness. ... Read More...

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When does clean eating become an unhealthy obsession? New findings on who is at risk

Brain network activity can improve in epilepsy patients after surgery

Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

Neuroscience

When does clean eating become an unhealthy obsession? New findings on who is at risk

Brain network activity can improve in epilepsy patients after surgery

Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

Neurology

Brain network activity can improve in epilepsy patients after surgery

Patients with both schizophrenia and epilepsy die alarmingly early

Adult-onset inflammatory bowel disease linked to higher mortality

AI

Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

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Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

Room for thought: Brain region that watches for walls identified

Psychology

When does clean eating become an unhealthy obsession? New findings on who is at risk

Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

Patients with both schizophrenia and epilepsy die alarmingly early

dizziness

Feel Light Headed When Standing Up? You May Have a Greater Risk of Dementia

Giddy for the Sound: Why Some People Get Dizzy Hearing Certain Sounds

Shining a Light to Understand the Body’s Balance System

Feel Dizzy When You Get Up? It Could Signal Serious Health Problems

Where Does Dizziness Come From?

Ballet Dancers’ Brains Adapt to Stop Them Feeling Dizzy