Whether a conversation seems to last forever or is cut prematurely short, researchers say it is incredibly common to experience conversational disappointment.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Food for Thought: New Maps Reveal How Brains Are Kept Nourished
A new study solves a century-old puzzle about brain energy use and blood vessel clusters.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A Genetic Patch to Prevent Hereditary Deafness
A newly developed “genetic patch” can eliminate problematic hearing cells in those with DFNA9, a hereditary form of deafness.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Unveiling the Weaving Fractal Network of Connecting Neurons
Dendrites weave their way through space that balances their need to connect to other neurons, but there is a cost.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Could Rising Temperatures Send More People With MS to the Hospital?
During anomalously warm weather, people with multiple sclerosis have a 4% increased risk of having an emergency department visit. 3% of MS patients had an increased risk of inpatient hospital stays.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Most Detailed Look Yet at the Neuroscience of Placebo Effects
Patients who reported a greater reduction in pain following being administered a placebo showed larger reductions in brain areas associated with pain construction.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Dozens of Genes That Block Regeneration of Neurons
Study identifies 40 genes in mice that actively suppress axon regeneration in the central nervous system.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Potential Drug for Alzheimer’s Disease Prevention Found Safe and Effective in Animals
A new drug modulates, rather than inhibits, a key enzyme implicated in the formation of Alzheimer’s related plaques.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Willpower Is the Key to Enhancing Learning and Memory
An increase in theta oscillations in the hippocampus help make learning and subsequent memory more efficient.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Placebo Effect May Explain Reported Benefits of Psychedelic Microdoses
A placebo-controlled study of psychedelics reveals the psychological benefits of microdosing are most likely explained by the placebo effect.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Neanderthals Had the Capacity to Perceive and Produce Human Speech
A new study reveals Neanderthals had the ability to perceive and produce human speech.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Human Brain Grew as a Result of the Extinction of Large Animals
Study reveals the extinction of larger animals led to an increase in the volume of the human brain, and ultimately the development of language in early humans.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Researchers Find Frustration Is an Additional Factor of Addiction
A new study looks at the role frustration plays in driving addiction.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Reading Aloud Can Be an Act of Seduction
Reading aloud to your partner may help with bonding and could be an underused seduction technique.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: As Death Approaches, Our Dreams Offer Comfort and Reconciliation
More than 80% of patients nearing the end of life reported experiencing dreams that were vivid, meaningful, and transformative. Patients reported the dreams made them feel supported, reassured and helped them to accept their impending death.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Risk of ADHD May Be Lower if Children Grow up in Green Environments
Children who grew up in residential areas surrounded by green space were less likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than those who were raised in areas without access to nature.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: AI Shows Public Attitude Toward COVID-19 Is More ‘Infectious’ Than Disease Itself
Applying an AI to analyze tweets, researchers report people’s attitudes toward COVID-19 may be more infectious than the virus itself.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Can Cannabis Use Lead to Rebound Headaches for People With Migraine?
People who use cannabis to help manage the pain associated with chronic migraine are six times more likely to suffer from rebound headaches, or medication overuse headaches, than those who do not use marijuana.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Addressing a Complex World of Pain in a Single Gene Difference
Researchers say it is essential to analyze individual influences to better understand disparities in treatment and personal experience of sickle cell anemia.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Treatable Sleep Disorder Common in People With Thinking and Memory Problems
Obstructive sleep apnea is common in people with cognitive impairment, researchers report. The severity of obstructive sleep apnea correlated with the degree of cognitive impairment.
