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Do you ever wake up with a raging hangover and picture the row of brain cells that you suspect have have started to decay? Or wonder whether that final glass of wine was too much for those tiny cells…
Recently, I wrote a sceptical article for The Conversation on the subject of new proposals for computer mapping of the brain. The two top contenders are the European Human Brain Project (HBP - which has…
In the past month, we have seen two major announcements of huge projects to map the brain – the European Human Brain Project (HBP) and the Obama Brain Activity Map (BAM). What you may not have noticed…
Brain circuitry may make it more difficult for obese people to lose weight, researchers have found. Research has shown that…
Electric stimulation to certain areas of the brain has been used to release mu-opioid, an opiate-like substance that alters…
If I had been asked 15 years ago to write a short piece about what the different parts of the brain did, it would have been a fairly straightforward task. Not any more. Over the last 15 years, the methods…
The human brain can immediately tell whether someone is being intentionally or accidentally harmed. Adults taking part in…
The human brain can only process four chunks of information before confusion sets in. Results of a new analysis contradict…
The fly larva brain’s ability to process visual information can make up for low visual input. Researchers discovered that…
The left hemisphere of the brain processes rapidly changing sounds, while the right side processes slower sounds. When you…
Sleep disruptions could be an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers say. Studying mice models, researchers found…
Depleting the biomarker of one of the most lethal form of brain tumours in adults could prevent its progression and relapse…
Research has found that people with blood sugar levels at the high end of the normal range are at the same risk of brain…
A new drug could prevent secondary damage from a traumatic brain injury, research has found. While the initial injury may…
Deep brain surgery has been found to alleviate the symptoms of severe Tourette’s syndrome. Ten out of 11 patients with Tourette’s…
Discovery of a key mechanism in the brain’s immune system that amplifies addiction to opioid drugs proves addiction to morphine…
The expression of an important protein in the brain is impaired in offspring born by caesarean section. A study on the effect…
Humans are very good at innovating and it would seem reasonable to expect our children would be too. But a recent study questions these assumptions, suggesting young children’s ability to problem-solve…
Fat in food can reduce activity in several areas of the brain that are responsible for processing taste, aroma and reward…
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