Novel brain stimulation approach treats severe depression
John was awake and alert on the operating table, conscious during brain surgery. But he wasn't in distress; in fact, he says, "It was suddenly like I was back online."
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John was awake and alert on the operating table, conscious during brain surgery. But he wasn't in distress; in fact, he says, "It was suddenly like I was back online."
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For the more than 15 million epilepsy patients around the world whose disease is not controlled by medication, the only remaining option is removal of the parts of the brain where seizures originate. Even then, surgery is ...
Oct 12, 2021
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Schizophrenia, which can cause disrupted thought and mood, delusions and hallucinations, is among the most debilitating mental disorders and the most mysterious.
Sep 24, 2021
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A team of psychologists and neuroscientists at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology led by assistant professor of psychology Sepideh Sadaghiani and graduate student Maximillian Egan published a study ...
Sep 3, 2021
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The stronger the functional brain connections, the less inclined someone is to punish others for unfair behavior. This conclusion was reached by Higher School of Economics (HSE) researchers following a neuroimaging experiment. ...
Aug 10, 2021
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New research led by the University of Kent's School of Psychology has found that some brain activity methods used to detect incriminating memories do not work accurately in older adults.
May 20, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Clinical, biological, electroencephalographic (EEG), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) patterns could identify COVID-19-related encephalopathy (CORE) among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, according to ...
Mar 16, 2021
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About 1 in 9 mothers suffers from maternal depression, which can affect the mother-infant bond as well as infant development. Touch plays an important role in an infant's socio-emotional development. Mothers who are depressed ...
Feb 10, 2021
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Research into the neuronal basis of emotion processing has so far mostly taken place in the laboratory, i.e. in unrealistic conditions. Bochum-based biopsychologists have now studied couples in more natural conditions. Using ...
Jan 13, 2021
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Assessing the ability of unresponsive patients with severe brain injury to understand what is being said to them could yield important insights into how they might recover, according to new research.
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