Surgeons in Australia have managed to restore arm function in paralysed patients, allowing them to feed themselves, use tools and handle electronic devices, according to the results of a groundbreaking study released Friday.
Jul 5, 2019
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Increasing the size of neural circuits in the brain can boost learning performance, but this increased connectivity also has the potential to impede learning, new research has revealed.
May 14, 2019
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Patients in a new Northwestern Medicine study were able to comprehend words that were written but not said aloud. They could write the names of things they saw but not verbalize them.
Mar 21, 2019
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A team of researchers at Neurochlore, Ben-Ari Institute of Neuroarcheology has found evidence suggesting that the birth process itself may play a role in the development of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in some people. In ...
Thanks to the development of antiretroviral drugs, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is considered a manageable chronic disease today. However, if left undiagnosed or untreated, HIV can develop into AIDS (acquired immune ...
Dec 26, 2018
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The English idiom "highbrow," derived from a physical description of a skull barely able to contain the brain inside of it, comes from a long-held belief in the existence of a link between brain size and intelligence.
Nov 30, 2018
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Sound and object motion can be used to change perceptions about body size, according to a new study by an international team involving UCL researchers.
Jun 27, 2018
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Zika virus may cause significant damage to the fetal brain even when the baby's head size is normal, according to a new animal study led by researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle.
Feb 5, 2018
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Researchers at The University of Western Australia have discovered that a psychological illusion could be making people think they are thinner than they actually are.
Jan 10, 2018
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Researchers at UC San Francisco have developed a new genetic model of autism, using neurons created in the lab from patients' own skin cells. Their experiments suggest that abnormalities in the electrical firing of neurons ...
Dec 6, 2017
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