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Alterations in brain's white matter key to schizophrenia, study shows
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Schizophrenia, a chronic and debilitating disorder marked in part by auditory hallucinations and paranoia, can strike in late adolescence or early adulthood at a time when people are ready to stand on their own two feet as ...
The UK's 'taste dialects' defined for the first time
Jun 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Where we are born not only determines how we speak but also how we taste our food and drink.
Should I stay or should I go? Neural mechanisms of strategic decision making
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 27, 2009 |
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A new study demonstrates that when faced with a difficult decision, the human brain calls upon multiple neural systems that code for different sorts of behaviors and strategies. The research, published by Cell Press in the ...
Alzheimer's discovery could bring early diagnosis, treatment closer
May 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A discovery made by researchers at McGill University and the affiliated Lady Davis Research Institute for Medical Research at Montreal's Jewish General Hospital offers new hope for the early diagnosis and ...
'Singing brains' offers epilepsy and schizophrenia clues
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 19, 2009 |
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Studying the way a person's brain 'sings' could improve our understanding of conditions such as epilepsy and schizophrenia and help develop better treatments, scientists at Cardiff University have discovered.
Neurodegeneration study reveals targets of destruction
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Scientists are reporting the strongest evidence to date that neurodegenerative diseases target and progress along distinct neural networks that normally support healthy brain function. The discovery could ...
Tweet this: Rapid-fire media may confuse your moral compass
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Emotions linked to our moral sense awaken slowly in the mind, according to a new study from a neuroscience group led by corresponding author Antonio Damasio, director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University ...
New MRI signaling method could picture disease metabolism in action
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Duke University chemists are using modified magnetic resonance imaging to see molecular changes inside people's bodies that could signal health problems such as cancer.
The brain 'joins the dots' when drawing a cartoon face from memory
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 19, 2009 |
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In a study by Miall, Gowen and Tchalenko published by Elsevier, in the March issue of Cortex, a brain scanner was used to record the brain's activity in each stage of the process of drawing faces. The researchers found that t ...
Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative announces completion of genome-wide analysis
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Researchers announced today that a high-density genome wide analysis of participants in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI; www.adni-info.org) is more than 95% complete and that data will be shared with ...
Psychologist identifies area of brain key to choosing words
Dec 24, 2008 |
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New research by a Rice University psychologist clearly identifies the parts of the brain involved in the process of choosing appropriate words during speech.
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