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·February 15, 2018·3 min read

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.

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·February 6, 2018·5 min read

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.

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·January 23, 2018·5 min read

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.

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·December 12, 2017·2 min read

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.

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·November 30, 2017·4 min read

Obesity Increases Dementia Risk

UCL researchers report people with a higher body mass index are more likely to develop dementia than those of a lower weight.

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·November 30, 2017·5 min read

Behavior Not Indicative of Pain in Stressed Babies

A new study reveals newborns who are stressed by their environment have a greater neural pain response following a routine skin lance than babies who are not stressed. However, the neural response is not matched by their physical reaction to pain.

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·November 15, 2017·5 min read

Improving Clinical Trials With Machine Learning

Advances in machine learning could allow researchers to detect drug effects that may be missed through conventional statistical analysis, researchers report.

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·October 24, 2017·4 min read

Self Esteem Mapped in the Human Brain

UCL researchers use a new math equation to identify brain signals that explain why our self esteem rises, or lowers, when we find out what others think of us.

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·October 19, 2017·4 min read

Brain Takes Seconds to Switch Modes During Tasks

Switching between operational modes occurs dynamically according to the demands of the task at hand, a new study reports.

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·October 18, 2017·2 min read

‘Cats-And-Dogs’ Test to Predict Dementia Among Parkinson’s Patients

A test that uses images of cats and dogs may prove to be a quick and effective method of predicting which patients in early stages of Parkinson's disease will develop dementia.