Brainwave Link Between Disparate Disorders
Researchers report abnormalities in brainwave activity could be a common link between depression, Parkinson's disease, tinnitus and neuropathic pain.... Read More...
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Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and the Adult Brain
According to researchers, the adult brain may be sensitive to social and economic factors. Researchers report in middle age, better socioeconomic status is associated with more efficient brain network organization and thicker gray matter.... Read More...
Subjective Memory May Play Role in Signaling Cognitive Decline
A new study reports listening to subjective complaints about memory lapses in people over 60 could help doctors to diagnose the onset of MCI and dementia.... Read More...
Brain Activity Study Offers Potential Insight into Alzheimer’s Disease
A new study may provide key insights into the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Researchers report people with higher levels of amyloid beta showed less activity in brain areas associated with working memory when engaged in cognitively demanding tasks.... Read More...
Amygdala May Play Bigger Role in Facial Recognition
Researchers report the amygdala may play a bigger role in facial recognition than previously thought. According to a new study, the amygdala responds more specifically to images of the face than the fusiform face area does. ... Read More...
Reading Between the Lines in Children’s Vocabulary Differences
Children whose families have a lower socioeconomic status have significantly smaller vocabularies than their more affluent peers, a new study reports.... Read More...
Study Connects Chronic Cannabis Use to Oxygen Changes in Brain
According to UT Dallas researchers, chronic cannabis users extract more oxygen from brain blood flow and have higher cerebral blood flow than nonusers.... Read More...
Link Between Autism and Pain Sensitivity
A new study confirms those on the autism spectrum are hypersensitive to pain. The new study from UT Dallas researchers also demonstrated people with ASD showed greater neural responses in the anterior cingulate cortex than those not on the spectrum when anticipating a painful stimuli.... Read More...
More Amyloid in the Brain, More Cognitive Decline
The amount of amyloid plaques present within a person's brain can indicate the rate at which their cognition will decline in the following four years, a new study reports.... Read More...
Identifying the Neural Signature of Healthy Brain Aging
A new study reports the ability to modulate brain activity when it comes to shutting off processes irrelevant to a task may be compromised in older people.... Read More...
Social Biases Contribute to Challenges for Those With Autism
Social difficulties in people with autism are exacerbated by how other people perceive them at first meeting, researchers report.... Read More...