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A person’s brain synchronizes with the rhythm of music
When listening to a song or watching a dance, humans tend to follow the rhythm of the music.
This is because one fundamental aspect...
Researchers link the Human Herpes Virus 6A to the development of multiple sclerosis
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a new method to separate between two different types of a common herpes virus (HHV-6) that has been...
Ginp Android trojan it’s coming back and targets banking apps
Researchers at ThreatFabric, the cybersecurity firm based in Amsterdam, have been following an “interesting new strain of banking malware” dubbed Ginp distributed as Adobe Flash...
South Korean cryptocurrency exchange UPbit has been hacked
The popular South Korean cryptocurrency exchange UPbit has suffered a massive hack attack in which hackers have stolen 342,000 Ethereum (ETH) which at the time of...
Genomic autism-related ADNP mutations were found in postmortem olfactory bulbs and hippocampi of Alzheimer’s...
Researchers believe that autism is caused by mutations that occur sporadically in the egg or sperm or during pregnancy.
Activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP) is...
Researcher found a link between the spatial distribution of urban greenspace and mortality risk
Some community parks are square, a reflection of the city block where they’re located - but irregularly shaped parks reduce the mortality risk of...
Extra virgin olive oil may protect against cognitive declines
Boosting brain function is key to staving off the effects of aging.
And if there was one thing every person should consider doing right...
Light sensitive cells in the fetal retina communicate as part of an interconnected network
By the second trimester, long before a baby’s eyes can see images, they can detect light.
But the light-sensitive cells in the developing retina —...
Do bad dreams serve a real purpose?
Do bad dreams serve a real purpose? To answer this question, researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG),...
The machine learning model may be widely adopted to identify connections between neural activity...
Imagine an attractive person walking toward you.
Do you look up and smile? Turn away? Approach but avoid eye contact?
The setup is the...
Fractional anisotropy values are reduced in the corpus callosum and middle orbital gyrus in...
Researchers using MRI have found signs of damage that may be related to inflammation in the brains of obese adolescents, according to a study...
New method may give cardiologists additional data to identify patients at higher risk of...
Doctors need better ways to detect and monitor heart disease, the leading cause of death in industrialized countries. A team led by Massachusetts General...
Four in five adolescents worldwide do not get enough physical activity
Four in five adolescents worldwide do not get enough physical activity, to the detriment of their health, the World Health Organization said Friday, warning...
Alzheimer’s is a leading risk factor for delirium
Marked by acute temporary confusion, disorientation and/or agitation, postoperative delirium is the most common post-surgical complication in older adults, striking as many as half...
Music is a really good tool to induce emotion and engage a better mood
Your heart beats faster, your palms sweat and part of your brain called the Heschl's gyrus lights up like a Christmas tree. Chances are,...
