Brain And Consciousness Research Archives Page 2

Study of marine snail leads to new insights into long-term memory (6/22/2008)

cellular neuroscientists are providing new insights into the mechanisms that underlie long-term memory - research with the potential to treat long-term memory disorders. ...> Full Article

When the Powerless Rise Up (6/21/2008)

Power leads to positive action, but only when acquired legitimately ...> Full Article

Researchers find an evolutionarily preserved signature in the primate brain (6/20/2008)

Researchers have determined that there are hundreds of biological differences between the sexes when it comes to gene expression in the cerebral cortex of humans and other primates ...> Full Article

Society's attitudes have little impact on choice of sexual partner (6/19/2008)

New study suggests that the attitude of families and the public have little impact on if adults decide to have sex with persons of the same or the opposite sex ...> Full Article

Research on octopuses sheds light on memory (6/18/2008)

Research on octopuses has shed new light on how our brains store and recall memory ...> Full Article

Children Learn Smart Behaviors Without Knowing What They Know (6/17/2008)

Young children show evidence of smart and flexible behavior early in life – even though they don't really know what they're doing ...> Full Article

Brain scans reveal what's behind the aversion to loss of possessions (6/16/2008)

A new study reveals fascinating insights into the specific neuropsychological mechanisms that are linked with the potential loss of possessions. ...> Full Article

'Faulty' brain connections may be responsible for social impairments in autism (6/16/2008)

New evidence shows that the brains of adults with autism are "wired" differently from people without the disorder, and this abnormal pattern of connectivity may be responsible for the social impairments that are characteristic of autism. ...> Full Article

Chemical Messenger Lets Synapses Communicate as Neurons Learn (6/16/2008)

By stimulating a single neuronal synapse, researchers triggered local activation of the enzyme Ras. During the next several minutes, active Ras escaped the stimulated spine and spread into neighboring spines. ...> Full Article

Transfer of learning traced to areas of the brain (6/15/2008)

Practice makes perfect, but a question that still remains a mystery is why it is so difficult to transfer learning from a trained to an untrained task? Why are we no better at remembering faces when we have been training our memory for words? Scientists say that the answer lies in the brain areas activated by each task. ...> Full Article

The brain of the pregnant woman releases a hormone related to confidence, and deactivates a stress-related hormone (6/15/2008)

The natural biological process of pregnancy reduces stress in the mother, due to the deactivation of cortisol, and increases confidence, due to the release of oxytocin. ...> Full Article

Prejudice or perception? (6/15/2008)

Expecting to be treated with prejudice may be part of a self-fulfilling prophecy ...> Full Article

High impulsivity predicts the switch to compulsive cocaine-taking (6/14/2008)

Scientists have found impulsivity, a trait often associated with addicts' behaviour, predicts whether casual drug use will lead to compulsive drug use. ...> Full Article

Brain Power Leads to Level-Headedness When Faced with Moral Dilemmas (6/14/2008)

Testing a persons morality by measuring individuals' ability to mentally juggle multiple pieces of information ...> Full Article

Scenes of nature trump technology in reducing low-level stress (6/13/2008)

Technology can send a man to the moon, help unlock the secrets of DNA and let people around the world easily communicate through the Internet. But can it substitute for nature? ...> Full Article

Is ADHD an Advantage For Nomadic Tribesmen In Kenya? (6/13/2008)

A propensity for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) might be beneficial to a group of Kenyan nomads ...> Full Article

Sad Children Out-Perform Happy Children in Attention-to-Detail Tasks (6/12/2008)

Psychologists have conducted experimental research that contrasts with the belief that happy children are the best learners ...> Full Article

Islamic militant jihadists are inspired by night dreams (6/12/2008)

The inspirational night dream, or ruya, is a fundamental, inspirational and even strategic part of the militant jihadist movement in the Middle East and elsewhere. ...> Full Article

Seeing music or reading colors? (6/11/2008)

Research is looking at why some people see colors when listening to music or reading. ...> Full Article

Rutgers researchers show how the brain can protect against cancer (6/11/2008)

Research could lead to therapeutic applications ...> Full Article

Midlife Smokers May Have Worse Memory Than Non-Smokers (6/10/2008)

Smoking appears to be associated with increased risk of poor memory among middle-age adults ...> Full Article

Research Team Makes Pivotal Breakthrough in Alcohol Addiction Treatment (6/10/2008)

Addiction experts led by a University of Virginia Health System team have found that topiramate, an effective therapeutic medication, not only decreases heavy drinking, but it also lowers all liver enzymes, plasma cholesterol, body mass index, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure ...> Full Article

Admiring Celebrities Can Help Improve Self-Esteem (6/9/2008)

Admiring Celebrities Can Help Improve Self-Esteem ...> Full Article

Origins of the brain (6/9/2008)

Complex synapses drove brain evolution ...> Full Article

New Research to determine the Perceptions of Body Image among women in Nigeria and the United Kingdom (6/8/2008)

Study to examine the impact of media on women's perception of body image ...> Full Article

Serotonin may affect our sense of fairness, scientists report (6/8/2008)

The neurotransmitter serotonin, which acts as a chemical messenger between nerve cells, plays a critical role in regulating emotions such as aggression during social decision-making ...> Full Article

Scientists decipher the neurological basis of timely movement (6/8/2008)

Scientist offers the first neural evidence that voluntary limb movements are guided by our brain's prediction of what will happen an instant into the future. ...> Full Article

Friends by Chance? (6/8/2008)

Contrary to general belief, friends are not necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who get their first. ...> Full Article

Exposure Therapy May Help Prevent Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (6/7/2008)

Exposure-based therapy, in which recent trauma survivors are instructed to relive the troubling event, may be effective in preventing the progression from acute stress disorder to post-traumatic stress disorder ...> Full Article

A Digital Mind-body Mapping Expedition (6/7/2008)

Scientists reverse engineering the brain to produce the first working computational model of the complex interplay between our minds and our bodies ...> Full Article