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Lifespan Continues to Increase Regardless of Socioeconomic Factors

Neuroscience NewsNovember 7, 2018

According to a new study, people who live to the age of 65 are continuing to live longer than their parents did. Researchers say this trend does not appear to be slowing.... Read More...

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How the Brain Decides What to Learn

Neuroscience NewsOctober 26, 2018

The paraventricular thalamus helps the brain identify and track the most salient details of a situation, helping to enhance learning, a new study reveals.... Read More...

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Big Data Reveals Heavy Multitaskers Have Reduced Memory

Neuroscience NewsOctober 25, 2018

A decade worth of data reveals people who multitask with different forms of media at once are worse at completing simple memory tasks.... Read More...

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Ketamine’s Antidepressant Effects Tied to Opioid System in the Brain

Neuroscience NewsAugust 29, 2018

Researchers report ketamine's antidepressive effects require activation of opioid receptors in the brain. The study highlights the interaction between depression, pain and opioid addiction. ... Read More...

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Painting a Nuanced Picture of Brain System Regulation Moods and Movements

Neuroscience NewsAugust 26, 2018

A new study reports the serotonin system is made up of multiple parallel pathways that affect the brain in different, and sometimes opposing, ways.... Read More...

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Specific Brain Circuits Tied to Sociability: Mouse Study

Neuroscience NewsAugust 8, 2018

A new study implicates serotonin neurons in the nucleus accumbens with social behavior in mouse models of ASD. When serotonin release was triggered, researchers noted social behaviors normalized.... Read More...

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Rising Temperatures Could Increase Suicide Rates

Neuroscience NewsJuly 23, 2018

Comparing historical temperature and suicide data, a new study reveals a strong link between increased temperature and suicide risk. Researchers speculate climate change could lead to an increase in suicide rates across the US and Mexico.... Read More...

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Early life stress is consistently associated with behavioral problems in children, with symptoms of psychopathology, and with psychological and physical disorders.NeuroscienceNews.com image is in the public domain.

Separation From Parents Removes Child’s Most Important Protection and Generates a New Trauma

Neuroscience NewsJune 26, 2018

Researchers discuss the psychological effects of early life stress and parental separation. ... Read More...

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Human Blood Cells Transformed into Functional Neurons

Neuroscience NewsJune 5, 2018

A groundbreaking study reveals human immune cells in the blood can be transformed into functional neurons within 3 weeks by adding four proteins. The discovery could be used to generate neurons to study specific psychological and neurological disorders, researchers say.... Read More...

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Stanford Professor Zhenan Bao is leading American and Korean researchers in the quest for an artificial nerve system. NeuroscienceNews.com image is credited to Kevin Craft.

Artificial Nerve System Gives Prosthetic Devices and Robots a Sense of Touch

Neuroscience NewsJune 1, 2018

Researchers have created an artificial nervous system that may give prosthetics and robots reflexes and the ability to sense touch. The system is sensitive enough to identify letters in the Braille alphabet.... Read More...

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Deep Learning Comes Full Circle

Neuroscience NewsMay 7, 2018

AI research has come full circle, helping neuroscientist better understand how the human brain works, researchers say.... Read More...

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Altered Immune Cells Clear Childhood Brain Tumor: Mouse Study

Neuroscience NewsApril 16, 2018

A fatal brain stem tumor was cleared by injecting it with engineered T-cells that recognized cancer and targeted it for destruction in mouse models, researchers report. ... Read More...

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Alzheimer’s Protein Accidentally Transmitted to Patients Via Discontinued Medical Treatments

Santa’s Watching: Threat of Being on Naughty List Doesn’t Work For Many Kids

Researchers Find Roots of Neuropsychiatric Diseases in Developing Brain

Neuroscience

Alzheimer’s Protein Accidentally Transmitted to Patients Via Discontinued Medical Treatments

Researchers Find Roots of Neuropsychiatric Diseases in Developing Brain

Neurology

Alzheimer’s Protein Accidentally Transmitted to Patients Via Discontinued Medical Treatments

Intellectually Active Lifestyle Protects Against Neurodegeneration in Huntington’s

How Teens Deal with Stress May Affect Immune System

AI

Researchers Find Roots of Neuropsychiatric Diseases in Developing Brain

Genetic Changes Associated with Physical Activity

Editing Consciousness: How Bereaved People Control Their Thoughts Without Knowing It

Robotics

Researchers 3D Print Prototype for a ‘Bionic Eye’

Improvement if Humanlike Conversations in Humanoid Robots

Psychology

Santa’s Watching: Threat of Being on Naughty List Doesn’t Work For Many Kids

Researchers Find Roots of Neuropsychiatric Diseases in Developing Brain

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Lifespan Continues to Increase Regardless of Socioeconomic Factors

How the Brain Decides What to Learn

Big Data Reveals Heavy Multitaskers Have Reduced Memory

Ketamine’s Antidepressant Effects Tied to Opioid System in the Brain

Painting a Nuanced Picture of Brain System Regulation Moods and Movements

Rising Temperatures Could Increase Suicide Rates

Separation From Parents Removes Child’s Most Important Protection and Generates a New Trauma

Human Blood Cells Transformed into Functional Neurons

Artificial Nerve System Gives Prosthetic Devices and Robots a Sense of Touch

Deep Learning Comes Full Circle

Altered Immune Cells Clear Childhood Brain Tumor: Mouse Study