Researchers were able to predict, with 85 percent accuracy at the beginning of the study, which participants would go on to develop chronic pain based on the level of interaction between the frontal cortex and the nucleus accumbens.
Performing post-mortem staging of the brains and spinal cord tissue of patients with ALS, researchers discover the neurodegenerative disease could progress from one start point in the CNS to other regions of the brain and spinal cord.
Using optical neuroimaging, researchers gain a better understanding of visual working memory in young children.
A new study uncovers dynamic changes in the epigenome which occur during brain development.
Neuroimaging brain scans show evidence of brain abnormalities four months after a mild concussion occurs, researchers report.
Researchers discover a signature of brain activity in some severely brain injured patients, who regained some consciousness after using certain drug treatments.
Researchers discover the brain mechanisms which underlie discourse comprehension.
Using fMRI neuroimaging, researchers pinpoint areas of the brain which are crucial for processing music.
EEG recordings help predict how people apply context and rules to learning new tasks.
A new study gives direct and clear new evidence that autism begins during pregnancy.
Researchers discover face pareidolia, a phenomenon where people 'see' faces on objects such as toast or in clouds, is based on physical causes.
Researchers discover a gene already associated with longevity also improves memory and learning. The findings could help develop new treatments for cognitive decline.