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Psychology & Psychiatry

Eye-tracking exhibit helps map gaze behavior development across different life stages

Understanding how people visually browse their surroundings and direct their gaze in specific situations is a long-standing goal among psychology researchers. Past studies suggest that humans exhibit oculomotor biases, which ...

Neuroscience

Alzheimer's disease research offers hope for finding therapeutic target that stops progression

In searching for a possible therapeutic target to stop the progress of this disease, an international scientific team, led by researchers at the Department of Cell Biology, Genetics and Physiology of the UMA and also members ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Scientists find cellular brain changes tied to PTSD

The human brain is made up of billions of interconnected cells that are constantly talking to each other. A new study published in Nature zooms in to the single-cell level to see how this cellular communication may be going ...

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Babies can sense pain before they can understand it, finds study

Brain networks responsible for sensing, understanding, and responding emotionally to pain develop at different rates in infants, with the conscious understanding of pain not fully developed until after birth, finds a new ...

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Blinding lights: The hidden science behind gambling's glow

There's a reason casinos rarely have windows or clocks, they're engineered to make you lose track of time. But what if it's not just time you're losing? New research suggests that the lighting used in gambling environments ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How a common brain parasite disrupts neural communication

A team of scientists at the University of California, Riverside, explains in a paper published in PLOS Pathogens how a microscopic parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, can significantly disrupt brain function, even when it infects ...

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3D printed brain sheds light on neurological disorders

A research team has successfully developed a three-dimensional (3D) brain model that closely mimics the structure and function of the human brain. The study was published in the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing. ...

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Chronic pain hits rural residents hardest, according to study

A new study from The University of Texas at Arlington reveals that people who live in rural areas are more likely to have chronic pain than those in urban settings. They're also more likely to go from having no pain or occasional ...

Genetics

New study decodes genetic influences on brain structure

A research team has identified genetic factors that influence the shape of subcortical brain regions—far beyond volume measurements. The results could open up new approaches for the early detection of neurological and mental ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Thinking in sync: How brain rhythms support intelligence

When the brain is under pressure, certain neural signals begin to move in sync—much like a well-rehearsed orchestra. A new study from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is the first to show how flexibly this neural ...

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Lab develops far-red dopamine sensor for real-time brain imaging

A multidisciplinary team led by Professor Li Yulong from the School of Life Sciences at Peking University has developed a far-red fluorescent dopamine (DA) probe that enables real-time, multiplex imaging of neurotransmitters ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Motor cortex identified as origin of Lance-Adams syndrome

First described 60 years ago, chronic myoclonus following cerebral anoxia is now known as Lance-Adams syndrome. This is a severe disorder whose mechanisms were, until now, poorly understood. Geoffroy Vellieux, Vincent Navarro, ...