Neuroscience
Laughter may work like meditation in the brain
(HealthDay)—Laughter triggers brain waves similar to those associated with meditation, according to a small new study.
Apr 27, 2014
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Neuroscience
Neuroscientists link brain-wave pattern to energy consumption
Different brain states produce different waves of electrical activity, with the alert brain, relaxed brain and sleeping brain producing easily distinguishable electroencephalogram (EEG) patterns. These patterns change even ...
Feb 8, 2012
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Health
How extreme heat affects the body
The moment you step into oppressive heat, the body senses life-threatening danger and starts fighting to keep things cool.
Jul 22, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A first-time look at how COVID hit every town in New Jersey
A new report issued by the Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs at Rutgers University–Camden unmasks the broad, regional impact of COVID-19 upon New Jersey municipalities during two waves in 2020. The report, ...
Apr 8, 2021
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Neuroscience
Study shows a drink before bed can cause reductions in REM sleep
A team of neuroscientists and sleep researchers at E.P. Bradley Hospital Sleep Research Laboratory, working with colleagues from Brown University and Providence VA Medical Center, has found that rather than improving sleep, ...
Attention deficit disorders
New study finds biomarker differentiating the inattentive and combined subtypes of ADHD
Using a common test of brain functioning, UC Davis researchers have found differences in the brains of adolescents with the inattentive and combined subtypes of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and teens who ...
Oct 8, 2013
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Neuroscience
Brain waves control the impact of noise on sleep
During sleep, our perception of the environment decreases. However the extent to which the human brain responds to surrounding noises during sleep remains unclear. In a study published this week in Proceedings of the National ...
Sep 6, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study connects climate hazards to 58% of infectious diseases
Climate hazards such as flooding, heat waves and drought have worsened more than half of the hundreds of known infectious diseases in people, including malaria, hantavirus, cholera and anthrax, a study says.
Aug 8, 2022
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Neuroscience
Brain state affects memory recall
Lost your keys? Your brain might be in a better state to recall where you put them at some times than at others, according to new research from UC Davis. A paper describing the work is published June 13 in the journal Proceedings ...
Jun 13, 2011
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Neuroscience
Controlling memory by triggering specific brain waves during sleep
Have you ever tried to recall something just before going to sleep and then wake up with the memory fresh in your mind? While we absorb so much information during the day consciously or unconsciously, it is during shut eye ...
Jul 6, 2017
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