
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
The second-most common form of dementia has been difficult to study without a better understanding of early symptoms
Jackhammers, concerts and other common noisemakers may cause irreparable damage to our ears in unexpected ways
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. ...
Experiment compares the way monkey and human brains respond to abstract information
Words are not encoded in the brain by their meaning but rather by simpler attributes such as sound and shape
After a string of failed trials, drugs that target protein build-up in the brain appear to slow disease progress
Delayed brain development predicts lower tests scores in low-income children
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. ...
Science has identified four steps to losing weight that can improve the odds of success
The new line of communication prompts rethinking of neurologic disease
Our preference for positive framing may be hardwired
Criticism of witnesses’ inaction reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the neuroscience of how the brain responds to sudden threats
Instead of remotes or crutches, future mobility aids could communicate directly with the nervous system
Every hour less per night increases the risk of sadness, substance abuse and suicidal thoughts
Brain research reveals that fats and sugars may increasingly be driving people toward obesity
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...
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...
Today would have been my mentor's 80th birthday. Happy Birthday Nick and thanks for showing me that mentors really do matter.
A single mathematical function explains how both a sheet of paper and a developing brain folds
Male nightingales use singing virtuosity to signal prospective mates that they will be the most doting dads. Sabrina Imbler reports
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