Smartphone thumb skills are altering our brains
Public Release: 23-Dec-2014 University of Zurich Every region of the body -- from the toes to the jaw and tongue -- has a particular processing area in our emotional center…
Elderly brains learn, but maybe too much
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-1tNfTBK8c?rel=0] Elderly brains learn, but maybe too much - But in this study when it came to the irrelevant skill of discerning the prevailing direction of dot movement, older…
Single dose of antidepressant changes the brains structure within 3 hours
A single dose of antidepressant is enough to produce dramatic changes in the functional architecture of the human brain. Brain scans taken of people before and after an acute dose…
Researchers discover reactivity of the cerebral cortex, is greatest during the full moon
Contradictory findings on how the full moon affect our sleep News: Jul 08, 2014 According to folklore, the full moon affects human sleep. International researchers are trying to determine whether…
‘Seeing’ bodies with sound (no sight required) sensory substitution
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 6-Mar-2014 People born unable to see are readily capable of learning to perceive the shape of the human body through soundscapes that translate images into sound,…
Bad sleep around full moon is no longer a myth
Contact: Olivia Poisson olivia.poisson@unibas.ch University of Basel Many people complain about poor sleep around full moon. Scientists at the University of Basel in Switzerland now report evidence that lunar cycles…
Bad sleep around full moon is no longer a myth
Contact: Olivia Poisson olivia.poisson@unibas.ch University of Basel Many people complain about poor sleep around full moon. Scientists at the University of Basel in Switzerland now report evidence that lunar cycles…
Vision restored with total darkness
Contact: Mary Beth O'Leary moleary@cell.com 617-397-2802 Cell Press IMAGE: Depriving normal visual experience in one eye early in life produces a reduction in visual acuity (amblyopia) for that eye (blue…
Vision restored with total darkness
Contact: Mary Beth O'Leary moleary@cell.com 617-397-2802 Cell Press IMAGE: Depriving normal visual experience in one eye early in life produces a reduction in visual acuity (amblyopia) for…
Mood-modifying drugs for humans also alter fish behavior
Contact: Natasha Pinol npinol@aaas.org 202-326-6440 American Association for the Advancement of Science Trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in rivers and streams inspire changes in wildlife This release is available in Arabic,…
Learning faster with neurodegenerative disease
Contact: Dr. Christian Beste Christian.Beste@rub.de 49-234-322-4323 Ruhr-University Bochum Huntington's gene mutation carriers: Severity of the genetic mutation related to learning efficiency People who bear the genetic mutation for Huntington's disease…
Pain is in the eyes of the beholder
Public release date: 25-Nov-2008 By manipulating the appearance of a chronically achy hand, researchers have found they could increase or decrease the pain and swelling in patients moving their…
Daylight savings time disrupts humans’ natural circadian rhythm
Public release date: 24-Oct-2007 When people living in many parts of the world move their clocks forward one hour in the spring in observance of daylight saving time (DST), their…
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