How Brain Cells Work Together to Remember and Imagine Places
Researchers have created a computational model that helps explain how mental images drawn from memory can be explained by the firing of specific neurons.... Read More...
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Beatboxers’ and Guitarists’ Brains Act Differently to Hearing Music
Researchers report different brain areas are activated when a guitarists and beatboxers hear previously unheard tracks by their instrument of choice. Beatboxers, researchers say, show increased activation in brain areas that control mouth movements, where as guitarists show activation in areas that control hand movements. The study sheds light on understanding brain areas involved in auditory perception.... Read More...
Sound of Moving Objects Change Perceptions of Body Size
Researchers report a mismatch between the predicted and actual outcome of an action can alter body perception, making a person feel taller.... Read More...
How Your Brain Decides Between Knowledge and Ignorance
Researchers report the brain's reward network could play an influential role in evaluating the opportunity to gain new information, just as it does to evaluate rewards such as food or financial gain.... Read More...
Emotional Eating in Childhood is Learned at Home
Unlike food fussiness, genetics only plays a small part in a young child's emotional eating patterns. Researchers say emotional eating is influenced by parents and the home environment.... Read More...
Most Deprived are More Likely to Develop Dementia
A new data analysis study of people born between 1902 and 1943 reveals 20% of the most deprived adults were 50% more likely to develop dementia.... Read More...
People Differ in Their Power of Perception
A new study measures individual differences in perceptual capacity. Findings suggest people have a consistent level of performance across different measures of perception.... Read More...
Amyloid Protein Transmission Through Neurosurgery
Researchers report, in a number of cases, amyloid beta pathology may have been transmitted by contaminated instruments used in neurosurgeries up to three decades previously.... Read More...
Visual Cues Amplify Sound
A new study reveals visual cues, such as looking at someone's lips as they talk, helps our brains to amplify sound.... Read More...
Memory Loss Identified Years Before Alzheimer’s Symptoms Appear
UCL researchers have developed a new cognitive test able to detect subtle memory problems years before Alzheimer's symptoms develop.... Read More...
Epilepsy Linked to Brain Volume and Thickness Differences
UCL researchers report epilepsy is associated with gray matter differences in thickness and volume in several brain regions.... Read More...
Drug Lowers Deadly Huntington’s Protein
UCL researchers report clinical trials of IONIS-HTTRx have shown success in reducing the huntinting protein in the nervous system of those with Huntington's disease. The drug is safe and well tolerated by human patients, the researchers note.... Read More...