A serious illness or brain injury can put a person into a coma: a sleep-like or a vegetative state where they are awake but unaware. These disorders of consciousness are sometimes not accurately diagnosed…
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A brain imaging study conducted by researchers from the University of Queensland has shown how human brains use a “divide…
The voice is an important tool which we use to communicate and express ourselves. But our voices convey so much more than the words we say. Just a few words can reveal clues about someone’s gender, age…
As many as 500 brain scans are performed in Scotland every week. These scans are mostly used to diagnose - or rule out - serious diseases like strokes and tumours, but this is not their only function…
Scientists have found a means to objectively quantify pain. University of Michigan researchers have found the brain’s signature…
Scientists have developed a new technique to study the brain, by making it transparent. Using a post-mortem mouse brain…
Researchers have developed a technique for measuring pain using magnetic resonance imaging. Over four studies they identified…
The brains of people with a family history of bipolar disorder but no symptoms react differently when shown emotive faces to those with no genetic history, a new study has found. The researchers who conducted…
MRI scans point to the coordination of multiple, complex cognitive functions that occur when we read for leisure, and also…
Data studied over 30 years has revealed that reasoning and behavioural control depend on a different area from decision-making…
A new method of scanning laboratory rats will open the way for new experiments looking at the links between brain and behavioural…
Researchers have discovered genes that may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s up to 20 years before symptoms become apparent…
This month, fMRI brain imaging celebrates its 20th anniversary. And so it should. It has come to dominate cognitive neuroscience. Massive amounts of precious funding are poured into it and thousands of…
Depression affects various areas of the brain including the area that controls the feeling of hatred, according to a study…
Welcome to On the brain, a new Conversation series by people whose job it is to know as much as there is to know about the body’s most complex organ. Here, Professor Geoffrey Donnan, a world-renowned stroke…
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but how do our brains decide when and who we should copy? New research suggests…
A new brain-mapping technique has been developed to provide rapid access to brain landmarks that were previously accessible…
Dieting can cause brain cells to eat themselves, a new study has found. In a paper published by the journal Cell Metabolism, US researchers report that tests on mice revealed that hunger triggers a process…
Findings from a brain imaging study may provide clues for why some individuals with heavy cigarette-smoking habits experience…
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