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How hangovers reduce brain function
Hangovers reduce brain function and memory, according to new research from Swinburne University of Technology (Swinburne) in Melbourne.
  • 02 Aug 2019
  • Medical Xpress
Brain speech signals decoded into written text in breakthrough research for people with paralysis
Doctors have been able to turn brain signals for speech into written sentences in a research project that aims to transform how patients with severe disabilities communicate.
  • 31 Jul 2019
  • FOX News
With mini-placentas and mini-brains, scientists try to unravel the roots of psychiatric disorders
The results of the experiments could fill in a huge blank in science’s understanding of brain development.
  • 31 Jul 2019
  • STAT
Science Just Found ‘Frustration Neurons’ In The Brain
And The Discovery Could Help Explain Why We Give Up
  • 31 Jul 2019
  • Forbes
What happens in the brain when we give up?
Inside the brain, a group of cells known as nociceptin neurons get very active before mice give up on reaching hard-to-get rewards, researchers report.
  • 29 Jul 2019
  • Futurity
Cuban 'Sonic Attack' Survivors Have Structural Changes in Their Brains, Study Finds
Starting in late 2016, a number of US government personnel stationed in Havana, Cuba started reporting something strange: they heard intensely loud sounds emanating from a single direction.
  • 29 Jul 2019
  • Science Alert
The brain's drain: How our brains flush out their waste and toxins
How does the brain clean itself?
  • 29 Jul 2019
  • New Scientist
Brain changes noted in holocaust survivors and their children
Holocaust survivors may have suffered permanent harmful changes to their brain structure, and the brains of their children and grandchildren may also be affected, a small study reveals.
  • 26 Jul 2019
  • Medical Xpress
When It Comes to Dog vs Cat Brains, Science Might Have Found a Clear Winner
Ever since humanity split into dog and cat people, we've been arguing over which one of our beloved companions is a smarter species.
  • 26 Jul 2019
  • Science Alert
A frog study may point to where parenting begins in the brain
Core regions include one active in mammals, hinting at an ancient basis for parental behaviors
  • 24 Jul 2019
  • Science News
According To Your Brain, Songs Are Different From Instrumental Music Or Speech
When you hear singing, your brain processes that in a different way than it does instrumental music or spoken word
  • 24 Jul 2019
  • Forbes
How Weight Training Changes the Brain
In animals, weight training appeared to promote the creation of new neurons in the memory centers of the brain
  • 24 Jul 2019
  • New York Times

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