Continued brain training can help concussion victims
Learning about the brain after traumatic brain injury can help with the long-term recovery process; how the training works is a mystery.
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After a painful break-up, a placebo can help
Sham therapy can affect how depressed you feel after breaking up; MRIs of the brain show increased emotion-modulating activity with a placebo effect.
How important is the ‘GPS’ in your brain?
The hippocampus has long been known to be associated in the brain with our sense of direction or mapping the environments we navigate.
Serotonin, seasonal depression, & the Carolina sun
During winter when the days get shorter, some people experience a form of depression known as seasonal affective disorder. It's about brain chemistry.
Sleeping, our brains make beautiful waves
Scientists in Mass. have found a new way to analyze brain waves to determine what stage of sleep we're in during the night. Pretty.
Good sleep recalibrates your brain cells
How does good sleep affect your capacity for learning and for remembering what you learn? Hopkins scientists have some answers.
Cerebral cortex altered in teens who drink
When adolescents drink heavily, their cerebral cortex is changed, and these changes may play a role in adverse effects later in life.
Mice remember well where they get high
Even if key areas of the brain are dysfunctional, mice can learn to associate smell and look of a location with the availability of cocaine.
Parents obese? You might be slow.
Children of obese parents are more likely to fail tests of fine motor skills and personal-social skills than those of normal-weight parents.
Runners’ brains, like musicians’, more connected
Research shows that runners' brains, like those of musicians, are more connected in their networks of neurons. What's that about?