FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 22, 2019·4 min readExploring the science of decision-makingWhen faced with complex choices, people show bursts of exploration before settling into preferred options of higher value.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 22, 2019·3 min readHealthy brain development is a human rightResearchers state healthy brain development should be considered a human right, not a privilege for the elite. Youths incarcerated in the U.S jail system are not having their cognitive and emotional development needs met, the study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 21, 2019·5 min readLike A Lot of Things, Women’s Gut Microbiomes Appear to Mature Earlier than Men’sYoung women have higher gut bacteria diversity than males, study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 21, 2019·4 min readStudy identifies our ‘inner pickpocket’People are able to form the correct mental model of puzzles from either visual or haptic experiences alone and are able to predict haptic properties from visual ones. Findings suggest humans segment scenes into objects without explicit boundary cues by using purely statistical information.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeurosciencePainPsychology·May 21, 2019·2 min readMultiple brain regions moderate and link depressive mood and painPeople with higher levels of depressive moods exhibited heightened sensitivity to pain, and had greater activation in the prefrontal cortex, insula and somatosensory cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 21, 2019·4 min readLink between air pollution and anxiety in children investigatedChildren exposed to higher levels of air pollution from traffic have increased levels of myo-inositol in the brain. The increase in myo-inositol was associated with higher risk of generalized anxiety in children.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 21, 2019·5 min readCBD reduces craving and anxiety in people with heroin use disorderCBD reduces craving and anxiety in those with heroin use disorder during withdrawal from the drug. There were no serious adverse reactions, or impairments to cognition noted with the administration of CBD. Researchers suggest cannabidiol may be useful in helping to combat opioid addiction.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 21, 2019·3 min readChildren of both young and old parents share risk for certain neurodevelopment disordersChildren of younger parents are at increased risk of ADHD and Tourette syndrome, while children of older parents are at more risk of being diagnosed with OCD and autism.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·May 21, 2019·4 min readCBD clinical trial results on seizure frequency in dogs ‘encouraging’Dogs with epilepsy who received cannabidiol as part of a clinical trial had a reduction in the frequency of seizures.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 21, 2019·3 min readResearch rules out mental flexibility, attention as advantages for some bilingual childrenWhile learning a second language has positive benefits for children, there is little evidence that bilingual children have more advanced executive function or improved attention over those who are monolingual.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·May 21, 2019·6 min readDeveloping a headset to transfer visual perceptions from the sighted to the blindResearchers are developing a new brain-to-brain communication headset that will allow the transfer of visual information from those with sight to the blind. The non-invasive system will 'write' information to neurons reprogrammed to fire in response to magnetic signals.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·May 21, 2019·4 min readOptical illusions reveal regular waves of brain activity enable visual feature integrationOptical illusions are helping researchers better understand attention and visual perception. Findings suggest attention operates periodically on the perceptual binding of visual information.Read More
