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Lip reading causes brain activity to synchronize with sound waves even when there is...
Brain activity synchronizes with sound waves, even without audible sound, through lip-reading, according to new research published in Journal of Neuroscience.
Listening to speech activates our auditory cortex to synchronize with the rhythm of incoming sound...
The body hibernation strategy of grizzly bear could help prevent muscle atrophy in humans
Grizzly bears spend many months in hibernation, but their muscles do not suffer from the lack of movement. In the journal Scientific Reports, a team led by Michael Gotthardt reports on how they manage to...
A protein therapy – recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor-AB (rhPDGF-AB) could improve outcomes following...
Heart disease remains the largest killer in Australia and around the world.
A new study has shown that a protein therapy- recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor-AB (rhPDGF-AB) - could improve outcomes following heart attack.
After...
Hangxiety – the feeling of waking up with anxiety the morning after heavy drinking
Have you ever woken up in the morning (or afternoon) in a cloud of worry after having a few drinks the night before?
As this holiday season comes to an end — after weeks of...
Why do some children on the autism spectrum experience a temporary reduction in behavioral...
For many years, some parents have noticed that their autistic children’s behavioral symptoms diminished when they had a fever.
This phenomenon has been documented in at least two large-scale studies over the past 15...
The accumulating amyloid occurred faster among persons with objectively-defined subtle cognitive difficulties (Obj-SCD)
Writing in the December 30, 2019 online issue of Neurology, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System report that accumulating amyloid — an abnormal protein...
Microplastics are present in the air in London at higher abundances than any other...
Researchers from King's have carried out the first study of microplastics in the atmosphere in London to determine what people within the city might be exposed to and where this comes from.
In the study...
Human noroviruses use two compounds present in bile to infect the human small intestine
A new study led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that human noroviruses, the leading viral cause of foodborne illness and...
Brain – The ventral pallidum area control positive and negative motivations
As our brains take in information about the world and use it to steer our actions, two key principles guide our choices: seek pleasure and avoid pain. Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL)...
A cell’s identity can be described solely by the genes it expresses
A longstanding goal in neuroscience is to classify the brain’s many cells into discrete categories according to their function.
Such categories can help researchers understand the complex neural circuits that ultimately give rise to...
Scenes of justified and unjustified violence in movies activate different areas of the adolescent...
The gun violence seen in popular PG-13 movies aimed at children and teenagers has more than doubled since the rating was introduced in 1984. The increasing on-screen gun violence has raised concerns that it...
