For most of human existence, listening was closely tied to moments that carried meaning, emotion or survival. Nature supplied the backdrop—wind, water, animals—and music surfaced in hunting rituals, healing ceremonies ...
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Researchers at Amsterdam UMC have discovered that a second pregnancy alters the female brain. Previous research from the same group had already demonstrated the impact of a first pregnancy on the female brain. The new results ...
Feb 19, 2026
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If you name it, you can tame it. That's a new tool for fighting cigarette cravings, according to assistant research psychologist Golnaz Tabibnia.
Jan 30, 2026
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Recently, there has been convergence of thought by researchers in the fields of memory, perception, and neurology that the same neural circuitry that produces conscious memory of the past not only produces predictions of ...
Jan 24, 2026
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It is a central question in neuroscience to understand how different regions of the brain interact, how strongly they "talk" to each other. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences Leipzig, ...
Jan 6, 2026
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After traumatic brain injury (TBI), some patients may recover completely, while others retain severe disabilities. Accurately evaluating prognosis is challenging in patients on life-sustaining therapy.
Dec 23, 2025
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An international research team investigated the brains of 16 jazz pianists while they played a piece from memory, improvised based on the melody, and freely improvised based on the chord changes. The analysis of how different ...
Dec 17, 2025
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A lot of brain development happens early in life, but researchers don't have a strong understanding of how a baby's brain develops while they're awake.
Dec 16, 2025
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The roots of addiction risk may lie in how young brains function long before substance use begins, according to a new study from Weill Cornell Medicine. The investigators found that children with a family history of substance ...
Nov 21, 2025
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Juvenile fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder that mainly affects adolescent girls. A study led by the University of Barcelona shows that resilience—the ability to cope adaptively with adversity—does not reduce the ...
Jul 2, 2025
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