Tag: BRAIN
Revealing the evolution of the brain
Since the split from the last common ancestor of hominins (Homo) and African apes, human brain evolution has been characterized by several waves of...
Biggest ever map of human Alzheimer’s brain published
Scientists at the The University of Manchester have created the largest ever dataset of differences between healthy brains and those with Alzheimer’s Disease. Moreover, scientists also...
Why women tend to stay mentally sharp longer than men?
Sex differences influence brain morphology and physiology during both development and aging. The brain’s metabolism slows as people grow older, and this, too, may differ...
Listening to the music you love makes your brain release more dopamine
In everyday life humans regularly seek participation in highly complex and pleasurable experiences such as music listening, singing, or playing, that does not seem...
Scientists find brain cells that make pain hurt
A team of scientists at Stanford University has identified a bundle of brain cells in mice responsible for the latter—that is, the negative emotions...
How does the human brain marks time?
Neurobiologists from the University of California have recently discovered a key component of how the human brain marks time. For this work, they took...
The human brain works in reverse order to retrieve memories
Remembering is a reconstructive process, yet little is known about how the reconstruction of a memory unfolds in time in the human brain. Understanding...
Yale researchers track the birth of memories
Neuroscientists were keen to know how and when memory form. Now, Yale scientists came up with a possible explanation.
By identifying brain activity in the hippocampus...
What happens in the brain of compulsive drug users?
Addiction is a disease that develops in stages: it starts with the initial exposure to a substance followed by a phase where consumption remains...
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