Psychology & Psychiatry
Alexithymia: Emotional blindness makes it difficult for some people to know how they feel
How do you feel today?
Oct 24, 2019
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News tagged with frontal lobe
Neuroscience
Why the language-ready brain is so complex
In a review article published in Science, Peter Hagoort, professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at Radboud University and director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, argues for a new model of language, involving ...
Oct 3, 2019
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Neuroscience
The first complete mapping of cerebral functional lateralisation
Some cerebral processes preferably occur in the brain's right or left hemisphere. But which functions and which side? A Franco-Italian research team directed by a CNRS researcher from the Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle ...
Mar 29, 2019
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HIV & AIDS
Novel brain map tracks early brain atrophy from HIV infection
A new map of brain tissue in people with HIV shows atrophy in several areas including a primary neurocognitive control center where shrinkage and loss of function can be seen in scans before clinical symptoms appear.
Mar 28, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Heavy smoking can damage vision, Rutgers researcher finds
Smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day can damage your vision, a study co-authored by a Rutgers researcher finds.
Feb 18, 2019
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Neuroscience
Brain discovery may explain mysterious cell death in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's
Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have identified a potential explanation for the mysterious death of specific brain cells seen in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Feb 15, 2019
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Neuroscience
What makes some people creative thinkers and others analytical?
Are you a more creative or analytical thinker?
Feb 14, 2019
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Neuroscience
Dynamic audiovisuals increase spectator attention, inhibit conscious processing
According to a study conducted by the UAB and the UPO, scene changes diminish a spectator's blink rate, producing an increase in attention. The results of the study demonstrate that dynamic and chaotic audiovisual editing ...
Nov 12, 2018
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Neuroscience
Structure of tau filaments in patients with Pick's disease determined
A team of researchers with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the U.K. and Indiana University School of Medicine in the U.S. has determined the structure of tau filaments in patients with Pick's disease. In their ...
Neuroscience
The brain's frontal lobe could be involved in chronic pain, according to research
A University of Toronto scientist has discovered the brain's frontal lobe is involved in pain transmission to the spine. If his findings in animals bear out in people, the discovery could lead to a new class of non-addictive ...
May 25, 2018
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