Can brain training really shave ten years off brain aging, as a recent study suggests?
A ten-week online brain training program helped older adults' brains act as though they were a decade younger, a recent study has found.
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Tissue: Gray matter of anterior cingulate gyrus
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Psilocybin targets brain circuits to relieve chronic pain and depression, study suggests
Researchers at Penn Medicine have identified specific brain circuits that are impacted by psilocybin—the active compound found in some psychedelic mushrooms—which could lead to new paths forward for pain and mental health ...
Oct 2, 2025
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Game-based training boosts memory and brain function in early dementia, studies find
Game-based training improves not only the cognitive abilities of people with initial signs of developing dementia, but also leads to positive changes in the brain. That is according to two new studies by researchers from ...
Sep 8, 2025
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Why oxytocin treatments for social behavior are inconsistent
Oxytocin promotes social behaviors and helps maintain relationships. But clinical trials in patients with autism show variability in how consistently oxytocin improves these behaviors.
Aug 11, 2025
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Type 2 diabetes may suppress brain's reward processing, rat maze experiment suggests
The high comorbidity of type 2 diabetes (T2D) with psychiatric or neurodegenerative disorders points to a need for understanding what links these diseases. A potential link is the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC). The ACC ...
Mar 24, 2025
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Even low levels of alcohol use during pregnancy are linked to changes in unborn babies
New research shows that occasional exposure to alcohol may influence facial shape and brain development.
Feb 12, 2025
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Problem gamblers' brains rely on slow learning, increasing losses: Study
Caltech's John O'Doherty is on a quest to understand how human brains make decisions: how they gather evidence about their environments and their own impacts on these environments and then apply this information to their ...
Dec 19, 2024
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Brain injury rehabilitation study reveals neural mechanisms of sleep-dependent motor learning
New research published by scientists at Kessler Foundation provides critical insights into the role of sleep in motor learning for individuals recovering from traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study sheds light on how sleep, ...
Nov 18, 2024
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Mixed emotions—neuroscience is exploring how your brain lets you experience two opposite feelings at once
Countless parents across the country recently dropped their kids off at college for the first time. This transition can stir a whirlwind of feelings: the heartache of parting, sadness over a permanently changed family dynamic, ...
Sep 23, 2024
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Ultrasound device shows promise for treating chronic pain
Pain is a necessary biological signal, but a variety of conditions can cause those signals to go awry. For people with chronic pain, the root is often faulty signals emerging deep within the brain, giving false alarms about ...
Aug 28, 2024
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