Brain Activity Pattern May Be Early Sign of Schizophrenia
Researchers have identified abnormalities in specific neural networks that may be a biomarker to predict the risk of developing schizophrenia.... Read More...
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Follow the Leader: What Sets Leaders Apart?
A new study reveals the cognitive and neurobiological processes that influence whether a person is likely to be a leader or follower. ... Read More...
Feeling Young Could Mean Your Brain is Aging More Slowly
People often say you are only as old as you feel. This may be the case for the aging brain. Researchers say older people who feel younger than their age have increased gray matter volume in key brain regions, fewer signs of brain aging and performed better on cognitive tests than those who felt their actual age.... Read More...
Your Brain Responses to Music Reveal if You Are a Musician or Not
Machine learning can predict, with significant accuracy, whether a person is a musician or not, based on fMRI data collected while subjects listened to music.... Read More...
Where Voice Recognition Occurs in the Brain
A new study reveals the superior temporal gyrus appears to be critical for voice recognition. ... Read More...
Brains of Children With Better Physical Fitness Posses Greater Gray Matter Volume
Researchers link physical fitness in children to increased gray matter volume in areas of the brain implicated in language processing and reading skills.... Read More...
Impact of a Genetic Risk Factor For Substance Use Differs By Sex in Adolescents
Study finds a sex difference in a gene linked to substance abuse risk in adolescents.... Read More...
Patient Plays Saxophone While Surgeons Remove Brain Tumor
A musician who played his saxophone during surgery to remove a brain tumor helped researchers shed light on how music is processed in the brain.... Read More...
How the Human Brain Detects the ‘Music’ of Speech
Researchers at UCSF discover neurons in the superior temporal gyrus change activity depending on where emphasis falls in a sentence.... Read More...
Brain-Computer Interface & Virtual Avatar Offers New Hope to Patients with Gait Disabilities
Coupling a non invasive brain computer interface with a virtual walking avatar may help those with gait disorders to regain control of their movements, a new study reports.... Read More...
How the Brain Helps Us Understand Spoken Words in Noisy Settings
Researchers have discovered a mechanism the brain uses to help compensate when noise obscures speech sounds.... Read More...
Maternal Depression Across Child’s Early Years Impacts Neural Basis of Empathy
Children whose mothers experienced depression early in their life are more susceptable to socio-emotional problems and a reduction in empathy toward others, a new study reports.... Read More...