Neuroscience

How Our Brain Chooses The Right Words

New research by a Rice University psychologist clearly identifies the parts of the brain involved in the process of choosing appropriate words during speech. When speaking, a person must select one word from a competing set of words. For example, if the sp ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 24 2008 - 12:23pm

Brain 'Starvation' As We Age May Be Alzheimer's Trigger

A slow, chronic starvation of the brain as we age appears to be one of the major triggers of a biochemical process that causes some forms of Alzheimer's disease. A new study from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine has found whe ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 24 2008 - 12:48pm

Multiple Sclerosis Hypothesis Contested

During an autoimmune disease, the endogenous defence system (the immune system) loses the ability to distinguish between "self" and "foreign".     As a consequence, the immune system directs its defense against itself, with fatal conseq ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 28 2008 - 10:10am

Blind People Use Same Emotional Expressions Because They Are Innate, Not Learned- Study

Facial expressions of emotion are hardwired into our genes, according to a study published today in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The research suggests that facial expressions of emotion are innate rather than a product of cultural lear ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 29 2008 - 3:06am

Group Exercise Found To Help Kids With Developmental Disabilities

Group exercise programs, treadmill training and horseback riding can be healthy choices for children with developmental disabilities, a new review of studies concludes.  With these kinds of activities, children with disorders such as autism, mental retarda ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 3 2009 - 12:05pm

Sleep Disorder May Be Early Sign Of Dementia

People with a sleep disorder that causes them to kick or cry out during their sleep may be at greater risk of developing dementia or Parkinson’s disease, according to a study published in Neurology.  The sleep disorder is called REM sleep behavior disorder ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 4 2009 - 11:12am

Bulimia May Be A Brain Disorder, Says Psychiatrist

Women with bulimia nervosa appear to respond more impulsively during psychological testing than those without eating disorders, and brain scans show differences in areas responsible for regulating behavior, according to a report in the January issue of Arc ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 5 2009 - 5:39pm

Connection Between Sleep Apnea, Stroke And Death

Obstructive sleep apnea decreases blood flow to the brain, elevates blood pressure within the brain and eventually harms the brain's ability to modulate these changes and prevent damage to itself, according to a new study published by The American Ph ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 6 2009 - 6:39pm

Girls With ADD- Why It Is So Often Missed

When thinking of a child with ADD, most people will picture an easily-distracted hyperactive child... long on energy, and short on attention span.  And although that is sometimes the case, that description accurately describes only a portion of children d ...

Article - Kimberly Crandell - Jan 25 2009 - 10:38pm

New Brain Cell Growth Controlled By Epigenetic Switch

New cells are born every day in the brain's hippocampus, but what controls this birth has remained a mystery. Reporting in Science, neuroscientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered that the birth of new cells depends ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 10 2009 - 11:24pm