Some viruses can hide out in the body and reemerge at later times. Which viruses do this, and can the new coronavirus do this too?
Medical treatments involving neurostimulation, or cerebral electromagnetic stimulation, are resurfacing and appear to be more effective than drugs for treating depression.
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Medical treatments involving neurostimulation are resurfacing and appear to be more effective than drugs in treating depression.
A man with ALS uses a head-mounted laser pointer to communicate with his wife, by pointing to letters and words on a communication board.
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a crippling, progressive neurodegenerative disease for which there is no cure. Now it seems that a diabetes drug may help some cases.
Scientists are still piecing together the puzzle of how the brain works.
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A bioengineer explains how a clearer picture of brain structure and function may fine-tune the ways brain surgery attempts to correct structure and medication tries to correct function.
There is no scientific evidence to support the idea that people can be classified as visual, auditory or kinesthetic learners.
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Air traffic controllers have to process and manage large amounts of information to get airplanes to their destinations. The brain manages the incessant traffic of neurons in a similar fashion.
People with depression have higher levels of inflammation in their brains – which antibiotics might be able to treat.
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Brains recognize a smell based on which cells fire, in what order – the same way you recognize a song based on its pattern of notes. How much can you change the ‘tune’ and still know the smell?
As if the symptoms of COVID-19 were not disturbing enough, physicians have noted a rare neurological condition that emerges during some severe cases of this viral infection.
Brain scan of a boy with fever and alteration of consciousness.
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With the county facing a crisis in emotional health, we may need two vaccines: one for COVID-19 and another for toxic stress. Here’s a technique for dealing with all that stress.
Why do so many students say they have a hard time studying? Recent advances in cognitive sciences have found some answers.
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Students say they have a hard time studying and cognitive science proves they’re not trying to dodge work: there’s a link between negative emotions and difficulties in concentrating.
The microglia (in red) can both protect against and contribute to diseases like Alzheimer’s.
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Faced with uncertain and anxious times, brains send out instructions to start stockpiling supplies – whether you’re a person facing a pandemic, or a rodent prepping for a long winter.
It takes time for information from our eyes to reach our brains and become part of our conscious experience. So our brains use predictions to make up the delay.
It’s hard not to be scared of an invisible and spreading threat.
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It can feel like everyone is stewing in anxiety about COVID-19 and seeing other people freak out can make you freak out more. A psychiatrist explains this phenomenon, and how to keep it in check.
The captain of a ship, or a soul, doesn’t sail while ignoring the wind – sometimes they go with it, sometimes against it, but they always account for it.