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University of Barcelona

·July 20, 2025·6 min read

The Brain’s Ripple Effect: How Memories Are Structured

Researchers have identified ripple-type brain waves as key to how humans segment and store memories. By recording brain activity in epilepsy patients watching a TV episode, they found ripples marked event boundaries in the hippocampus while supporting information processing in cortical areas.

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·June 26, 2025·7 min read

AI Reveals How Your Words Reflect Personality

Researchers have shown that AI can detect personality traits from written text and, crucially, now understand how these models make decisions. By applying explainable AI techniques like integrated gradients, the team uncovered how specific words and linguistic patterns contribute to predictions based on major psychological frameworks.

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·May 22, 2025·4 min read

Parental Mental Illness Raises Risk of Childhood Psychopathology

A new long-term study confirms that children of parents with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder face a higher risk of developing mental health issues compared to peers without parental psychiatric diagnoses. Over four years, researchers tracked 238 children and found distinct patterns of symptoms depending on whether a parent had schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

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·January 28, 2025·5 min read

Study Links Schizophrenia to Visual Contrast Sensitivity Deficits

People with schizophrenia experience impaired contrast perception, affecting their ability to differentiate light intensity and recognize shapes and textures. This deficit may stem from disruptions in glutamate neurotransmission, a key neural mechanism in the disease.

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·January 17, 2025·5 min read

Mapping the Link Between Personality and Cognitive Decline

A new study has identified three psychological profiles that influence brain health, cognitive decline, and dementia risk in aging adults. Profiles with high protective traits, like purpose and openness, show better cognition and brain integrity, while those with low protective traits or high negative traits face accelerated brain atrophy and mental health issues.

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·October 24, 2024·6 min read

Yamanaka Factors Can Reverse Neuronal Aging

Yamanaka factors can reverse aging in brain neurons, improving synaptic connections, metabolism, and protecting against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. Researchers introduced the Yamanaka factors into neurons of adult mice, finding that this process rejuvenated the cells without negative side effects, even enhancing motor and social behaviors.

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·September 26, 2024·3 min read

Men Show Higher Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia and Related Disorders

Researchers have found that schizophrenia shares genetic risk factors with bipolar disorder and major depression, with these vulnerabilities being more significant in men than in women. This new study analyzed over 3,000 individuals, finding that polygenic scores for various psychiatric disorders contribute differently to psychosis risk based on gender.

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·May 2, 2024·6 min read

Activating Brain-Gut Connection with Light Reduces Depression

A new study reveals how photobiomodulation, a non-invasive light therapy, effectively treats cognitive impairments caused by chronic stress by targeting the brain-gut axis. This innovative approach was shown to significantly improve conditions in lab animal models.

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·February 8, 2024·6 min read

Mitochondrial Transport Key to Neurological Health

Researchers have discovered a molecular complex crucial for the transport of mitochondria within neurons, offering new insights into preventing neurodegenerative diseases. The complex, identified as Alex3/Gαq, is pivotal for distributing energy-producing mitochondria throughout neurons, essential for neurotransmission and neuronal functions.

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·November 28, 2023·5 min read

Protein Key to Lifespan and Healthy Aging Identified

A new study reveals the significant role of the CD300f immune receptor in determining life expectancy and healthy aging in mice. The absence of this protein in immune system cells, particularly in macrophages and microglia, leads to shorter life spans and pathologies related to cognitive decline and premature aging, with a more pronounced effect in females.

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·August 1, 2023·3 min read

Behavioral Parallels: The Shared Routes of Aggression and Psychopathy

Aggressive and psychopathic individuals have difficulty shedding hostile behaviors once they've adopted them, according to new research. A mathematical model applied to a task assessing hostile responses confirmed this hypothesis.

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·April 26, 2023·5 min read

Baby Talk: Babies’ Language Acquisition Relies on Pitch and Rhythm

A new study reveals that prosody - rhythm, melodic stress, pitch, pauses - plays a fundamental role in babies' language acquisition and cognitive development, improving their ability to identify distant grammatical regularities. The study highlights the crucial impact of subtle pitch changes in processing statistical information in early childhood and sheds light on the role of prosody in language acquisition.

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University of Barcelona

The Brain’s Ripple Effect: How Memories Are Structured

AI Reveals How Your Words Reflect Personality

Parental Mental Illness Raises Risk of Childhood Psychopathology

Study Links Schizophrenia to Visual Contrast Sensitivity Deficits

Mapping the Link Between Personality and Cognitive Decline

Yamanaka Factors Can Reverse Neuronal Aging

Men Show Higher Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia and Related Disorders

Activating Brain-Gut Connection with Light Reduces Depression

Mitochondrial Transport Key to Neurological Health

Protein Key to Lifespan and Healthy Aging Identified

Behavioral Parallels: The Shared Routes of Aggression and Psychopathy

Baby Talk: Babies’ Language Acquisition Relies on Pitch and Rhythm

Early Screen Time Linked to Long-Term Brain Changes, Teen Anxiety

Missing Brain Receptor May Hold the Key to Autism

Is Your Oral Bacteria Influencing Multiple Sclerosis?

Stroke Weakens How the Brain Integrates Speech Sounds

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