Mind & Brain
Motor and Sensory Symptoms Help Predict Who Will Develop Lewy Body Dementia
The second-most common form of dementia has been difficult to study without a better understanding of early symptoms
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Mind & Brain
Hidden Hearing Loss from Everyday Noise
Jackhammers, concerts and other common noisemakers may cause irreparable damage to our ears in unexpected ways
Mind & Brain
The Neural Seat of the Thatcher Face Illusion
The Thatcher illusion, discovered 35 years ago by vision scientist Peter Thompson of the University of York in the UK, was essential to current knowledge of face perception. Scientists already knew that faces were difficult to recognize upside down, but the Thatcher illusion went further to demonstrate that the brain does not merely process and store representations of whole faces, but it recognizes isolated facial features such as the mouth and eyes. ...
Neuroscience
What Makes a Human Brain Unique
Experiment compares the way monkey and human brains respond to abstract information
Neuroscience
When We Read, We Recognize Words as Pictures and Hear Them Spoken Aloud
Words are not encoded in the brain by their meaning but rather by simpler attributes such as sound and shape
Health
Antibody Drugs for Alzheimer's Show Glimmers of Promise
After a string of failed trials, drugs that target protein build-up in the brain appear to slow disease progress
Neuroscience
Poverty Disturbs Children's Brain Development and Academic Performance
Delayed brain development predicts lower tests scores in low-income children
Convicts with Untrustworthy, Aggressive Faces more Likely to Get Death Penalty
There is no governmental institution more dedicated to rational thought and fairness than the justice system, but a new study shows that illusory facial perception is clouding the minds of our judges and juries, who can potentially decide to kill people based on their appearance. ...
Health
A Plan to Fix the Obesity Crisis
Science has identified four steps to losing weight that can improve the odds of success
Mind & Brain
Important Link between the Brain and Immune System Found
The new line of communication prompts rethinking of neurologic disease
Mind & Brain
Like Humans, Apes Are Susceptible to Spin
Our preference for positive framing may be hardwired
Why Nobody Intervened in the July 4 Metro Murder
Criticism of witnesses’ inaction reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the neuroscience of how the brain responds to sudden threats
Technology
Next-Generation Exoskeletons Will Meld Mind and Machine
Instead of remotes or crutches, future mobility aids could communicate directly with the nervous system
Mind & Brain
Teenagers Who Don't Get Enough Sleep at Higher Risk for Mental Health Problems
Every hour less per night increases the risk of sadness, substance abuse and suicidal thoughts
Mind & Brain
Is Food Addiction Making Us Fat?
Brain research reveals that fats and sugars may increasingly be driving people toward obesity
Mind & Brain
The Imagination Institute Awards Nearly $3M to Advance the Science of Imagination
We spend so much time on standardized testing and measuring learning ability that we don’t track how much we’re developing the key competencies that enable us to imagine what could be...
The Long-Lasting Effects of Nazi Indoctrination
Is it possible to change public opinions, attitudes, and beliefs, through schooling, advertisement, or any other means? A study published two weeks ago in PNAS shows that Nazi indoctrination of antisemitic attitudes in Germany was extremely effective...
Mentors Matter: In Loving Memory of Nicholas J. Mackintosh (1935-2015)
Today would have been my mentor's 80th birthday. Happy Birthday Nick and thanks for showing me that mentors really do matter.
Mind & Brain
Developing Brains Fold Like Crumpled Paper to Get Their Convolutions
A single mathematical function explains how both a sheet of paper and a developing brain folds
Evolution
Best Male Nightingale Vocalists Make Best Fathers
Male nightingales use singing virtuosity to signal prospective mates that they will be the most doting dads. Sabrina Imbler reports
