Mother’s love triggers bigger brain growth
January 31st, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 31 (IANS) School children whose mothers nurtured them lovingly have a larger hippocampus, a key brain area vital for learning, memory and response to stress.Research by the Washington ... Read more...
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Defective cellular battery triggers brain disease
January 18th, 2012 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Jan 18 (IANS) A defective mitochondria, which acts as a cellular battery, could be the trigger for a devastating neurodegenerative disease, showing up in toddlers just as they begin ... Read more...
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Scientists pinpoint brain area that manages movement
December 6th, 2011 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Dec 6 (IANS) Researchers have pinpointed the brain area that controls our ability to correct our movement after we have been hit or bumped.
The fact that humans rapidly ... Read more...
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Computer chip used to make rat blink
September 25th, 2011 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 25 (IANS) In a development that could open the way to reverse the effects of dementia, strokes and other brain injuries, scientists used a computer chip to make ... Read more...
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Brain cells wired to react to animals
September 11th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 11 (IANS) Why do some people pat every furry animal on the street, while others shrink in fright at the sight of a shark or a snake even ... Read more...
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Managing people helps develop better brains
September 9th, 2011 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Sep 9 (IANS) Managing other people at the workplace promotes brain health, protects memory and the learning centre well into old age.University of New South Wales (UNSW) researchers have ... Read more...
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Decision making area inactive in schizophrenic brains
July 28th, 2011 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, July 28 (IANS) Scientists have identified a brain mechanism that derails decision-making in people suffering from schizophrenia -- a mental disorder characterised by a breakdown of thought processes and ... Read more...
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Little babies can make out when you’re sad
July 1st, 2011 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 1 (IANS) Three-month-old babies can recognise human voices and make out when your're sad.
A UK study shows that the brain areas devoted to processing speech, develop quicker ... Read more...
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Binge drinking impairs memory of youngsters
May 17th, 2011 - 6:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 17 (IANS) Binge drinking can attack memory even in adults as young as 18 years of age, a Spanish study has found.Heavy alcohol consumption makes it more difficult ... Read more...
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Our sense of justice is built into the brain
May 5th, 2011 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 5 (IANS) Our sense of justice is built into the brain, with in-built mechanisms that trigger an automatic reaction to someone who acts unfairly.
In a new study ... Read more...
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Brain has built-in mechanisms that trigger our sense of justice
May 4th, 2011 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 4 (ANI): A new study has found that the brain has built-in mechanisms that automatically trigger our sense of justice.In the study from the Karolinska Institute and Stockholm School of ... Read more...
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Scientists create synthetic brain cell
April 25th, 2011 - 1:34 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 25 (IANS) Researchers have for the first time created a synthetic synapse circuit whose behaviour duplicates the function of a brain cell.
A synapse is a junction that ... Read more...
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Henry Higgins was born with ability to correct Fair Lady Eliza’s accent
March 16th, 2011 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 16 (ANI): Henry Higgins was born with the ability to correct My Fair Lady's Eliza Doolittle's accent, suggests a new study.The new research, therefore, suggests that a person's ability to ... Read more...
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Regrowth of key brain cells linked to benefits of exercise, sexual behaviors
March 11th, 2011 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 11 (ANI): Hong Kong researchers have reviewed the causes and impacts of neurogenesis.The two studies have linked the regrowth of key adult brain cells (neurogenesis) in two critical areas of ... Read more...
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Enzyme enhances, erases rat’s long-term memories
March 6th, 2011 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 6 (IANS) A brain enzyme can enhance or erase memory in rats long after it has formed, according to a new study.
"Our study is the first to ... Read more...
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In the blind, brain parts used for vision can help understand languages
March 1st, 2011 - 4:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 1 (ANI): A new study claims that in blind people, the parts of brain that are used for processing vision, are recruited for language processing.The find by MIT neuroscientists shows ... Read more...
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Brain’s ‘visual reading’ part does not require vision at all: Study
February 18th, 2011 - 5:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): A new study has found that the portion of the brain responsible for visual reading lights up - whether it's a person with sight who is reading, or ... Read more...
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What makes fructose fattening?
February 10th, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 10 (ANI): New research at Oregon Health and Science University demonstrates that the brain - which serves as a master control for body weight - reacts differently to fructose compared ... Read more...
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How the brain learns from mistakes
February 9th, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): University of Basel scientists have identified a protein that plays a major role in forming the right kind of connections in the rapidly growing brain of newborn mammals.The ... Read more...
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Brain area critical for forming unconscious memories identified
December 16th, 2010 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 16 (ANI): Researchers at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain have found that a small area deep in the brain called the perirhinal cortex is critical for forming ... Read more...
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Small brain area decides how we see the world
December 7th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 7 (IANS) A small part of our brain actually decides how we view the world, says a new study.The primary visual cortex, the area at the back responsible for ... Read more...
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How we see the world around us depends on our brain’s architecture
December 6th, 2010 - 12:07 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 6 (ANI): It's a known idea that each of us perceives the world around us in a unique manner, and now a new study explains that this difference in perception ... Read more...
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How animals handle fear to obtain food
November 30th, 2010 - 3:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 30 (ANI): Like humans, animals too are capable of making instinctive safety decisions and judge when is it safe to move out of their safety zones to get food, suggests ... Read more...
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Newborns can also daydream
November 3rd, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 3 (IANS) Babies come into the world with brains capable of daydreaming and introspection.Researchers made the discovery after scanning the brains of 70 babies.It had been thought that 'resting state ... Read more...
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Brain neurons ‘trigger chain reaction like a cascade of falling dominos’
October 26th, 2010 - 4:11 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 26 (ANI): Scientists at MIT have identified a "chain reaction" of brain activity that appears to control the timing of a bird song, saying that neurons in brain fire a ... Read more...
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Scientists discover ‘clock protein’ that regulates circadian rhythms
October 21st, 2010 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): A new research has demonstrated how the brain chemical dopamine regulates the rhythms of daily behaviour, which may have impact on activity and sleep patterns in Parkinson's disease.Concordia ... Read more...
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Gene therapy to brain may treat major depression
October 21st, 2010 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 21 (ANI): Researchers at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have said that animal and human data suggest gene therapy to the brain may be able to treat patients with ... Read more...
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Why men are twice as likely to become alcoholics
October 20th, 2010 - 12:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 20 (IANS) Men are twice as likely as women to become alcoholics and now scientists believe they know why. They found that consuming beer and wine on a night out ... Read more...
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Deep brain stimulation shows promise for OCD
October 5th, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 5 (ANI): A new study has suggested that using electrodes to stimulate areas deep within the brain are likely to be an alternative therapy for patients with obsessive compulsive disorder ... Read more...
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Video gaming prepares brain for bigger tasks
September 27th, 2010 - 12:19 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Sep 27 (IANS) Playing video games for hours on end may not be that bad after all. It could perhaps prepare your child to become a skilled surgeon one day.
Playing video ... Read more...
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Video games may prepare your kids’ brains for bigger tasks
September 25th, 2010 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 25 (ANI): The next time you see your son hooked on to a video game, tell him to spend an hour extra with the joystick, for it might just turn ... Read more...
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Deep brain stimulation leads to ‘effortless’ smoking cessation, weight loss
September 22nd, 2010 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 22 (ANI): A new case report revealed that electrical stimulation of the brain in a patient with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) led to some unanticipated benefits-"effortless" smoking cessation and weight ... Read more...
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Brain area that controls impulsive behaviour located
September 22nd, 2010 - 12:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 22 (ANI): Scientists have nailed down the area of the brain that controls impulsive behaviour and say that it can be controlled with training.A Queen's University research team led Scott ... Read more...
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New neurological deficit behind lazy eye identified
September 11th, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 11 (ANI): Scientists have apparently identified a new neurological deficit behind amblyopia, or 'lazy eye'.Their findings shed additional light on how amblyopia results from disrupted links between the brain and ... Read more...
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Playing down pain actually helps lessen its intensity
August 25th, 2010 - 3:58 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 25 (ANI): Playing down the level of pain that comes with a surgical procedure could actually make patients feel less pain, found a study.The researchers said that if doctors underplay ... Read more...
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