The Alzheimer’s Association say that around 5.7 million people in the United States live with Alzheimer’s disease. They estimate that
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Heading the ball is MUCH worse for women’s brains, study says
Heading the ball is MUCH worse for women’s brains: Study reveals brain damage and dementia risk is five times worse
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Why our brains see the world as ‘us’ versus ‘them’
Anti-immigrant policies, race-related demonstrations, Title IX disputes, affirmative action court cases, same-sex marriage litigation. These issues are continually in the
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Neuroscientists map brain’s response to cold touch
Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists have mapped the feeling of cool touch to the brain’s insula in a mouse model. The
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New discovery about the brain’s water system may prove beneficial in stroke
Water is transported from the blood into the brain via an ion transporter, according to a new study on mice
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Criticism from parents affects how children’s brains respond to emotional information
Children of highly critical parents show less attention to emotional facial expressions, according to new research from Binghamton University, State
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Exercise helps treat addiction by altering brain’s dopamine system
New research by the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions has identified a key mechanism in how aerobic exercise
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Dancer’s brains display brain frequencies linked to emotion and memory processes
Neuroscience has studied music for decades, and it has been found to activate both the cortical and deeper brain areas.
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Brains, eyes, testes: off-limits for transplants?
Since the world’s first successful organ transplant in 1954—a kidney—the discipline has advanced to the point where a wounded soldier
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Research reveals stronger people have healthier brains
A study of nearly half a million people has revealed that muscular strength, measured by handgrip, is an indication of
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