Psychology & Psychiatry
Looking good? Your brain might be playing tricks on you
Your brain can make a psychological illusion with your body image, making you think you are a bit thinner or fatter than you really are.
May 3, 2018
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News tagged with brain size
Neuroscience
Primary role of sleep changes from learning support to brain maintenance in early childhood: study
Prolonged sleep deprivation can lead to severe health problems in humans and other animals. But why is sleep so vital to our health? A UCLA-led team of scientists has answered this question and shown for the first time that ...
Sep 18, 2020
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Neuroscience
Evidence of consciousness-like activity in the dying brain
Reports of near-death experiences—with tales of white light, visits from departed loved ones, hearing voices, among other attributes—capture our imagination and are deeply engrained in our cultural landscape.
May 1, 2023
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Neuroscience
Could brain size determine whether you are good at maintaining friendships?
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers are suggesting that there is a link between the number of friends you have and the size of the region of the brain – known as the orbital prefrontal cortex – that is found just above ...
Feb 2, 2012
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Medical research
Does a bigger brain make you smarter?
Increasing the size of neural circuits in the brain can boost learning performance, but this increased connectivity also has the potential to impede learning, new research has revealed.
May 14, 2019
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Neuroscience
Normal brain growth curves for children developed childhood brain disorders, infections and injuries
In the United States, nearly every pediatric doctor's visit begins with three measurements: weight, height and head circumference. Compared to average growth charts of children across the country, established in the 1970s, ...
Jul 10, 2021
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Medical research
Fermentation may have driven human brain evolution
The large, capable human brain is a marvel of evolution, but how it evolved from a smaller primate brain into the creative, complex organ of today is a mystery. Scientists can pinpoint 'when' our evolutionary ancestors evolved ...
Dec 11, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
ONT-380 has stage IV HER2+ breast cancer patient 'worrying about normal stuff again'
Promising clinical trial results presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2015 show activity of the investigational anti-cancer agent ONT-380 against HER2+ breast cancer, in one case specifically ...
May 29, 2015
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Genetics
New genetic models of autism point to cellular roots of disease
Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a new genetic model of autism, using neurons created in the lab from patients' own skin cells. Their experiments suggest that abnormalities in the electrical firing of neurons ...
Dec 6, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Largest study to date reveals stark changes in brain structure for people with anorexia
A major study, coordinated by neuroscientists at the University of Bath (UK) with international partners, has revealed key differences in brain structure between people with and without anorexia nervosa.
Jun 7, 2022
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