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The scent of roses increase memory and learning skills
Effortless learning during sleep is the dream of many people.
The supportive effect of smells on learning success when presented both during learning and...
MRI has limited applicability in assessing sanity
Sophisticated brain imaging, like an MRI, has limited applicability in assessing a defendant’s sanity, investigators say.
The bottom line of an insanity defense is the...
Personalities do change throughout the lifespan
Most people have an aspect of their personality they’d like to change, but without help it may be difficult to do so, according to...
Dopaminergic neurons in the striatum could have implications for treating Parkinson’s disease and Tourette...
Scientists at UNSW Sydney’s Decision Neuroscience Lab have made a major discovery about the way brains influence behavior which challenges the theory that has...
Visual processing problems in children have been linked to dyslexia, motor skills and difficulties...
Visual processing is about how the brain perceives and processes the impressions of the eyes. Problems with processing visual impressions can also impact a...
Researchers have discovered how the brain may generate imagined future scenarios
Survival often depends on animals’ ability to make split-second decisions that rely on imagining alternative futures: If I’m being chased by a hungry predator,...
Excessive consumption of energy drinks has been linked to serious mental health problems
New research at Flinders University in Australia, published in the international journal PLOS One, put a form of cognitive incentive retraining – a form of...
Cerebral edema is a severe complication of stroke linked to glymphatic system malfunction
Cerebral edema, swelling that occurs in the brain, is a severe and potentially fatal complication of stroke.
New research, which was conducted in mice...
Low and high exercise intensities differentially influence brain function
A new study shows for the first time that low and high exercise intensities differentially influence brain function. Using resting state functional magnetic resonance...
Researchers have developed a photovoltaic cell that works at night
What if solar cells worked at night?
That's no joke, according to Jeremy Munday, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at...
Researchers have created a soft robot muscle that can regulate its temperature through sweating
Just when it seemed like robots couldn't get any cooler, Cornell researchers have created a soft robot muscle that can regulate its temperature through...
Researchers have developed a new method for delivering neural precursor cells into spinal cord...
Writing in the journal Stem Cells Translational Medicine, an international research team, led by physician-scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, describe...
Adopted individuals have higher genetic risk for mental health problems
The adoption of children is a fundamental method of building families. However, adoptees may face subsequent adaptive challenges associated with family stress at the...
The developing fetal brain is linked to maternal stress and anxiety
When pregnant women experience elevated anxiety, stress or depression, these prenatal stressors can alter the structure of the developing fetal brain and disrupt its...
Walnuts help to protect against age-related cognitive decline
Eating walnuts may help slow cognitive decline in at-risk groups of the elderly population, according to a study conducted by researchers in California and...
