Successful storytelling can synchronize brain activity between the speaker and listener, but not all stories are created equal. Sharing happy stories increases feelings of closeness
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Researchers identify key brain circuit regulating cocaine addiction, relapse
Relapse is a common feature of addiction recovery—two in three patients treated for substance use disorder in the United States relapse within 12 months, according
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Study focuses on psychiatric, cognitive symptoms emerging at early stages of Huntington's disease
Psychiatric and cognitive symptoms emerge at an early stage in Huntington's disease. However, research so far has mainly focused on movement impairment, a symptom associated
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Why Doing Brain Exercises Is A Great Activity For Your Health
Your workout routine should include a healthy mix of cardio, strength training, and a quick HIIT (or high-intensity interval training) session for your brain. Research
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Brain cortex may regulate the need for sleep
Researchers at the University of Oxford have now uncovered a new target for sleep investigations within the mammalian brain—the cerebral cortex. The paper was published
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Study finds how decisions are relayed back into visual processing parts of the brain
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered that decisions based on visual information, which involve a complex stream of data flowing forward and
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Brain signals translated into speech give paralyzed man back his words
Scientists at UC San Francisco have successfully developed a "speech neuroprosthesis" device that has enabled a man with severe paralysis to communicate in sentences, translating
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Brain noise keeps nerve connections young
Neurons communicate through rapid electrical signals that regulate the release of neurotransmitters, the brain’s chemical messengers. Once transmitted across a neuron, electrical signals cause the
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Tips of cancer survivors' tongues are less sensitive to tastes, study finds
Most survivors of squamous cell head and neck cancers report that their sense of taste is dulled, changed or lost during radiation treatment, causing them
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Controlling brain state transitions using a molecule responsive to light
A study led by researchers from IBEC and IDIBAPS achieves, for the first time, the control of brain state transitions using a molecule responsive to
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