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FeaturedNeuroscience·April 28, 2022·4 min readSeven Hours of Sleep Is Optimal in Middle and Old AgeThe optimal amount of sleep for middle-aged and older adults is seven hours per night. Sleeping too little, or too much, was associated with poor cognitive performance and mental health, researchers say.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 27, 2017·5 min readSheep Are Able to Recognize Human Faces From PhotographsUniversity of Cambridge researchers report sheep can be trained to recognize different faces from photographs and can identify their handler in a photo without prior training.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·April 29, 2020·4 min readSimple ‘sniff test’ reliably predicts recovery of severely brain injured patientsA simple smell test could help doctors to identify which patients in a vegetative state will recover. 100% of patients in a vegetative state who reacted to the sniff test went on to regain consciousness. 91% of those were still alive three years post-injury.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 26, 2020·5 min readSingle Brain Region Links Depression and Anxiety, Heart Disease, and Treatment SensitivityOveractivity in the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex underlies several key symptoms of depression, anxiety, and heart disease.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 25, 2019·6 min readSlim People Have a Genetic Advantage When it Comes to Maintaining Their WeightResearchers identified several common genetic variants involved in obesity, as well as new genetic regions involved in severe obesity and healthy thinness.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscience·November 15, 2022·5 min readSlow-Moving Shell of Water Can Make Parkinson’s Proteins ‘Stickier’Water plays a key role in how proteins associated with Parkinson's disease fold, clump or misfold.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 6, 2017·4 min readSmall Amounts of Physical Activity Can Have Positive Effects on HappinessUsing data from a smart phone app, researchers discover that even small amounts of physical activity can have a positive impact on happiness.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 12, 2021·8 min readStress Does Not Lead to Loss of Self-Control in Eating DisordersContrary to popular belief, people with eating disorders like bulimia nervosa do not lose control and binge eat in response to stressful events.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 24, 2022·5 min readStudy Argues Developmental Dyslexia Essential to Human Adaptive SuccessResearchers argue those with dyslexia are specialized to explore the unknown. This explorative bias has an evolutionary basis that plays a crucial role in human survival.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 23, 2023·5 min readStudy Explains Emotional ‘Blunting’ Caused by Common AntidepressantsSSRI antidepressants can make users less sensitive to rewards, resulting in emotional blunting many users experience. The findings provide new evidence for the role serotonin plays in reinforcement learning.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 16, 2020·3 min readStudy identifies 275 ways to reduce spread of coronavirus following lockdownStudy identifies 275 ways to help reduce the transmission of COVID-19 when countries eventually attempt to reduce social distancing practRead More