About half of adult human brain volume is made up of white matter. Lipid-rich myelin is a special structure formed by oligodendrocytes wrapping neuronal axons to form the major components of white matter. Abnormal myelin ...
Mar 27, 2023
0
13
New research published by investigators at Cedars-Sinai advances scientific understanding of how the brain weighs decisions involving what people like or value, such as choosing which book to read, which restaurant to pick ...
Mar 23, 2023
0
99
Scientists have gleaned new insights into how psychedelics alter conscious experience via their action on brain activity.
Mar 20, 2023
0
1079
Using vision to efficiently move through an area by foot uses a unique region of the brain's cortex, according to a small study organized by the National Eye Institute (NEI). The region, called the occipital place area (OPA), ...
Mar 15, 2023
0
79
Mental health disorders can only be diagnosed on the basis of symptoms—and individual outcomes cannot be accurately predicted. An ETH scientist hopes to change that with the help of mathematical models.
Mar 14, 2023
0
8
A new study by researchers at Reichman University's Brain Cognition and Technology Institute directed by Prof. Amir Amedi has shown that visual navigation areas in the brain can be activated using sound. By traversing mazes ...
Mar 3, 2023
0
70
It has been said that there is no accounting for taste. But what if taste can actually be accounted for, and what if the things doing the accounting are the neural networks inside your brain?
Feb 27, 2023
0
131
Scientists of the University of Antwerp and University of Liège (Belgium) have found how the human brain changes and adapts to weightlessness after being in space for six months. Some of the changes turned out to be lasting—even ...
Feb 17, 2023
0
142
Some 10% to 15% of people will have a substance abuse problem at some point in their life, making it one of the most common psychiatric disorders. Risks associated with substance abuse include dangerous driving, missed work, ...
Feb 16, 2023
0
26
When we daydream or revisit memories, a large group of regions within our brain "lights up," or becomes more active. It's referred to as the Default Mode Network (DMN) because it is more active when the brain is not focused ...
Feb 15, 2023
0
107
