Neuroscience

The chemical messenger dopamine, colloquially called the 'happiness hormone', is important outside social psychology articles on Valentine's Day also; it has been linked to motivation and motor skills and may help neurons with difficult cogn ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 6 2014 - 11:59am

Cerebral Oxygenation: Why Kenyans Run Better Than You

A study has found that elite Kenyan athletes have greater brain oxygenation during periods of maximum physical effort, which contributes to their success in long-distance races. Dr. Jordan Santos-Concejero, of the Department of Physical Education and Sport ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 7 2014 - 9:30am

Brain Inflammation Common In Autism

There are too many factors and combinations of genetic traits to have any definitive cause of autism today, along with a wide range of diagnoses that add to the pool, but a new analysis has found that the autopsied brains of people who had autism share a ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 10 2014 - 10:30am

Dog Brains Process Human Speech The Way Humans Do

All the better for hearing you with. Boris Roessler/EPA By Victoria Ratcliffe, University of Sussex and David Reby, University of Sussex Sometimes it may seem like your dog doesn’t want to listen. But in our study, however, we’ve found that he may underst ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 13 2014 - 9:00am

My Brain Made Me Do It, But Does That Matter?

Your brain is still you. Andrew Mason, CC BY By Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Duke University Imagine that Brian promises to drive you to the airport but never shows up, and you miss your flight. When you confront Brian, he tells you that he remembered his pr ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 14 2014 - 8:00am

Migraine Headaches Linked To Double Risk For Bell's Palsy

Migraine headaches have been linked to double the risk of a nervous system condition that causes facial paralysis, called Bell's palsy, according to a new study published in the December 17, 2014, online issue of Neurology. Bell's palsy affects ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 17 2014 - 6:30pm

Why Some People Are Better Navigators: Brain's 'Homing' Signal Identified

It's no secret that some people are better at navigating than others, but it has been unclear why. In order to successfully navigate to a destination, you need to know which direction you are currently facing and which direction to travel in. For exa ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 19 2014 - 12:36pm

Diabetes: High Blood Sugar In Young Children Linked To Slower Brain Growth

Young children with type 1 diabetes have slower brain growth compared to children without diabetes, finds a new study in Diabetes. The authors suggest that continued exposure to hyperglycemia, or high blood sugars, may be detrimental to the developing bra ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 21 2014 - 11:47am

Lost Christmas Memories Might Be Able To Be Restored

Lost memories can be restored, which offers some hope for patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. The belief has been that memories are stored at the synapses-- the connections between brain cells, or neurons-- which are destroyed by Alz ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 24 2014 - 9:00am

Smartphones Are Changing How Our Brains And Thumbs Work Together

When people spend time interacting with their smartphones, it is changing the way their thumbs and brains work together, according to a report in Current Biology. More touchscreen use in the recent past translates directly into greater brain activity when ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 29 2014 - 1:30pm