Monthly Archives: Gennaio 2018
Mediterranean diet may help women receiving IVF to achieve successful pregnancies
New research has found that women who follow a "Mediterranean" diet in the six months before assisted reproductive treatment have a significantly better chance...
Study proves ‘muscle memory’ exists at a DNA level
A study led by researchers at Keele University has shown for the first time that human muscles possess a 'memory' of earlier growth --...
Brain Pacemaker Shows Promise in Slowing Alzheimer’s Progression
While most treatments for Alzheimer’s disease focus on improving memory, researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center conducted a study aimed at...
Why Do We Trust, or Distrust Strangers? The Answer is Pavlovian
Our trust in strangers is dependent on their resemblance to others we’ve previously known, finds a new study by a team of psychology researchers....
Researchers look to explore which cognitive functions are most affected by cannabis use, and...
A new study aims to clear the haze around cannabis impairment, gauging which cognitive functions are most affected and how long the impairment lasts.
University...
Men Hold Secret to Protect Women From Multiple Sclerosis
Men are much less likely to get multiple sclerosis (MS) than women and one reason is that they are protected by high levels of...
Jackpotting attacks hit U.S. ATMs; spit out cash in seconds
Jackpotting is an attack/technique to exploit ATMs to make them dispense cash without withdrawing it from a bank account – Now, U.S. ATMs are under Jackpotting...
Motivational music increases risk-taking but does not improve sports performance
A new study finds that listening to motivational music during sport activities and exercise increases risk-taking behavior but does not improve overall performance.
The effect...
What Happens in the Brain Before a Bungee Jump ?
Surjo R. Soekadar, psychiatrist and neuroscientist at the University of Tübingen, and his doctoral candidate Marius Nann have for the very first time succeeded...
How the Brain Controls Sex
A research team led by Professor Julie Bakker at Liège University (Belgium) and Professor Ulrich Boehm at Saarland University (Germany) has made a major...
Are Religious People Really, On Average, Less Smart than Atheists ?
Of course, there are examples of extremely intelligent individuals with strong religious convictions.
But various studies have found that, on average, belief in God...
UNCOVERING THE EARLY ORIGINS OF HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE
With new findings, scientists may be poised to break a long impasse in research on Huntington’s disease, a fatal hereditary disorder for which there...
Glial Cells Play Key Role in Regulating Motivation for Drug in Heroin Addiction
Scientists studying addiction know that heroin and other opioids induce plasticity in brain cells.
Now, University at Buffalo researchers have made the novel discovery...
Emotional Images Sway People More than Emotional Words
Can your behavior be influenced by subtle, barely visible signals, such as an emotionally charged image briefly flashed on a TV screen or roadside...
Stem Cells that Build a Fly’s Nervous System Discovered
Scientists at Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute have uncovered new insights into how stem cells transform into brain cells that control leg movements.
The surprising details...
