Neuroscience

Sound stimulation during sleep can enhance memory

Slow oscillations in brain activity, which occur during so-called slow-wave sleep, are critical for retaining memories. Researchers reporting online April 11 in the Cell Press journal Neuron have found that playing sounds ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Sadness increases subjective experience of pain

(HealthDay) -- Sadness increases subjective pain ratings and affects pain-evoked cortical activity, according to a study published in the July issue of The Journal of Pain.

Neuroscience

New study to test unusual hypothesis on beta brainwaves

Beta oscillations are tightly linked to Parkinson's disease and the ability to process sensory information, such as touch. Two neuroscientists have brought their collaboration to Brown University and won funding from the ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Identifying the main culprit of the COVID-19 disaster

A research team led by Professor Jianping Huang from Lanzhou University has launched a Global Prediction System for the COVID-19 pandemic. Their recent work explored the periodicity and mutability in the evolutionary history ...

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