Brain And Consciousness Research Archives Page 24

Brain modelling sheds new light on how we make choices (9/12/2007)

Researchers at the University of Sheffield have used computer modeling to provide a new understanding of the human brain, which could have implications for understanding how we choose what to do next. The new research, which has been published in the prestigious Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, will be presented at the BA Festival of Science in York on Tuesday 11 September 2007. ...> Full Article

Call for closer examination of 'brain death' as the end of life (9/12/2007)

The medical diagnosis of brain death is at odds with our traditional view of when death actually occurs, says a leading academic speaking at an international conference on Death, dying & disposal in Bath today (Wednesday 12 September 2007). ...> Full Article

Scientific nursing top gives breastfeeding babies a brain workout (9/12/2007)

Breastfeeding babies could become smarter thanks to a scientifically designed 'clever baby' nursing top revealed by the University of Portsmouth this week. ...> Full Article

Normal role for schizophrenia risk gene identified (9/11/2007)

disc1 makes protein that helps new neurons integrate into our neural network ...> Full Article

Future career path of gifted youth can be predicted by age (9/10/2007)

The future career path and creative direction of gifted youth can be predicted well by their performance on the SAT at age 13, a new study from Vanderbilt University finds. The study offers insights into how best to identify the nation's most talented youth, which is a focus of the new $43 billion America Competes Act recently passed by Congress to enhance the United States' ability to compete globally. ...> Full Article

Color contrast is 'seen' by the brain early doors (9/9/2007)

Color contrast is detected much earlier in the brain than previously thought, a new study shows. ...> Full Article

Psychologist Says Tackling Parkinson's Starts With Mind (9/8/2007)

Coping with some of the debilitating physical effects of Parkinson's disease may be a matter of mind over body, an integrative medicine expert says. ...> Full Article

Graduate Student Studies Memory (9/8/2007)

The National Science Foundation is interested in Felicha Candelaria's research. The three-year fellowship she was awarded will allow her to focus on her research into memory and how drugs affect the brain's mechanism for encoding and retrieving long-term memories. Specifically, her research focuses on the consolidation and reconsolidation of spatial memory. ...> Full Article

Researchers Develop Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorders (9/8/2007)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have genetically engineered mice that harbor the same genetic mutation found in some people with autism and Asperger syndrome. Mice with this mutation show a similar type of social impairment and cognitive enhancement as that seen in some people with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). ASDs are enigmatic cognitive disorders that impair patients' social interactions, but do not necessarily limit their intelligence. ...> Full Article

Primates expect others to act rationally (9/8/2007)

When trying to understand someone's intentions, nonhuman primates expect others to act rationally by performing the most appropriate action allowed by the environment, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard University. ...> Full Article

New study determines when infants can think of out-of-sight objects (9/7/2007)

New study determines when infants can think of out-of-sight objects ...> Full Article

NIH funds joint development of neurotechnology (9/7/2007)

Think about picking up your first cup of coffee in the morning; what follows is natural to you and me. For individuals who have experienced paralysis due to disease or injury, this simple pleasure can present an insurmountable challenge. ...> Full Article

Depression In Women With Migraine Linked To Childhood Abuse (9/7/2007)

Childhood abuse is more common in women with migraine who suffer depression than in women with migraine alone, according to a study published in the September 4, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. ...> Full Article

New Study Reveals Higher Social Skills Are Uniquely Human (9/7/2007)

Apes bite and try to break a tube to retrieve the food inside while children follow the experimenter's example to get inside the tube to retrieve the prize, showing that even before preschool, toddlers are more sophisticated in their social learning skills than their closest primate relatives. ...> Full Article

Adult brain can change, study confirms (9/7/2007)

Work could aid interventions following stroke ...> Full Article

A drug-sensitive 'traffic cop' tells potassium channels to get lost (9/6/2007)

Our brains are buzzing with electrical activity created by sodium and potassium ions moving in and out of neurons through specialized pores. To prevent the constant chatter from descending into chaos the activity of these ion channels has to be tightly regulated. ...> Full Article

Professor To Study Effectiveness Of Treating Children At Risk For Bipolar Disorder (9/6/2007)

A University of Colorado at Boulder researcher is leading a new study to determine if early treatment of children with a high risk of developing bipolar disorder can help head off the disease's effects before they severely disrupt people's lives. ...> Full Article

Smokers Are More Likely to Develop Dementia (9/6/2007)

People who smoke are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease or dementia than nonsmokers or those who smoked in the past, according to a study published in the September 4, 2007, issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. ...> Full Article

What is Psychotherapeutic Research? (9/6/2007)

Professor Loewenthal's new book explores research skills through an examination of projects and case studies, allowing the reader to learn through the context of real situations. ...> Full Article

Having the right timing 'connections' in brain is key to overcoming dyslexia (9/6/2007)

Using new software developed to investigate how the brains of dyslexic children are organized, University of Washington researchers have found that key areas for language and working memory involved in reading are connected differently in dyslexics than in children who are good readers and spellers. ...> Full Article

Choosing a mate: What we really want (9/5/2007)

While humans may pride themselves on being highly evolved, most still behave like the stereotypical Neanderthals when it comes to choosing a mate, according to research by Indiana University cognitive scientist Peter Todd. In a new study, Todd and colleagues found that though individuals may claim otherwise, beauty is the key ingredient for men while women, the much choosier of the sexes, leverage their looks for security and commitment. ...> Full Article

From frogs to humans, brains form the same way (9/5/2007)

It's a critical juncture in an embryo's development: the moment that a brain and nervous system begin to form from a mass of unspecialized cells. Scientists had believed that mammals and amphibians, distinctly different animals, have distinctly different developmental patterns when it comes to the nervous system. But new research suggests that their processes of neural development are actually quite similar. ...> Full Article

Childhood TV Viewing Linked to Teenage Attention Problems (9/5/2007)

Children who watch a lot of television are more likely to have attention problems when they are teenagers, according to a new study by University of Otago researchers. ...> Full Article

Sexual Orientation Revealed by Body Type and Motion, Study Suggests (9/4/2007)

An individual's body motion and body type can offer subtle cues about their sexual orientation, but casual observers seem better able to read those cues in gay men than in lesbians, according to a new study in the September issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. ...> Full Article

Ability To 'Tell The Difference' Declines As Infants Age (9/4/2007)

A new article published in the August issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that infants fine-tune their visual and auditory systems to stimuli during the first year of life, essentially "weeding out" unnecessary discriminatory abilities. ...> Full Article

Providing neuroscientists with a window to the brain (9/2/2007)

When Princeton neuroscientists want a close-up view of the brain, they need look no further than Green Hall's magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner. ...> Full Article

Study Points to Lasting Impact of Mild Hearing Loss On Neurological Processes (9/2/2007)

Mild to moderate forms of hearing loss can have a lasting impact on the auditory cortex, according to findings by researchers at New York University's Center for Neural Science. The study, which is the first to show central effects of mild hearing loss, appears in the latest issue of the Journal of Neuroscience. ...> Full Article

Microfluidic chambers advance the science of growing neurons (9/2/2007)

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a method for culturing mammalian neurons in chambers not much larger than the neurons themselves. The new approach extends the lifespan of the neurons at very low densities, an essential step toward developing a method for studying the growth and behavior of individual brain cells. ...> Full Article

Removing Ovaries Before Menopause Leads to Memory and Movement Problems (9/1/2007)

Women who have their ovaries removed before menopause are at an increased risk of developing memory problems or dementia and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease, according to two studies published August 29, 2007, in the online edition of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. ...> Full Article

Researcher scanning for clues in schizophrenia mystery (9/1/2007)

A University of Alberta researcher is looking for a few good men to help uncover some of the mystery that surrounds schizophrenia. ...> Full Article