Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig have found evidence that the language we speak shapes the connectivity in our brains that may underlie the way we think. With the help ...
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Each person has their own individual sleep profile which can be identified by the electrical brain activity during sleep. Researchers at the University of Bern have now demonstrated that the brain waves during periods of ...
Mar 24, 2022
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Women and men often show marked differences as regards mental illnesses. In order to learn more about this phenomenon, a project supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF explored how opposite-sex hormonal therapy applied ...
Aug 23, 2016
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According to a popular view, creativity is a product of the brain's right hemisphere—innovative people are considered "right-brain thinkers" while "left-brain thinkers" are thought to be analytical and logical. Neuroscientists ...
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Researchers at CNRS, INSERM, Aix-Marseille University and AP-HM have just created a virtual brain that can reconstitute the brain of a person affected by epilepsy for the first time. From this work we understand better how ...
Jul 29, 2016
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A deadly coronavirus pandemic, economic instability and civil unrest menace the mental well-being of millions. Understanding how, in vulnerable people, fear from such frightening events evolves into lifelong anxiety, is critical ...
Jul 9, 2020
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Personalized medicine—delivering therapies specially tailored to a patient's unique physiology—has been a goal of researchers and doctors for a long time. New research provides a way of delivering personalized treatments ...
Jul 10, 2018
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A new study links higher levels of several key nutrients in the blood with more efficient brain connectivity and performance on cognitive tests in older adults.
Dec 19, 2018
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Babies born before their due date show better brain development when fed breast milk rather than formula, a study has found.
Sep 21, 2018
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Love and romantic relationships are the core inspiration for countless literary and artistic works, including poems, songs, novels and movies. Over the past few decades, some psychology researchers have conducted studies ...
