brain research

Summary: Artificial intelligence is becoming a pivotal force in human lives, prompting questions about its evolutionary effects. A new study …

Summary: Hunter-gatherer children in the Congo Basin learn critical skills like hunting, gathering, and childcare by age six or seven, …

Summary: Researchers have identified a specific brain circuit that allows voluntary control of breathing, linking it to emotional and behavioral …

Summary: Researchers have developed a framework for understanding and changing habits by leveraging the brain’s automatic and goal-directed systems. Habits …

Summary: Researchers found that confined environments, like the International Space Station, alter the way people perceive food aromas, with emotions …

Summary: Fampridine, used for improving walking in multiple sclerosis, may also enhance working memory in individuals with schizophrenia or depression. …

Summary: Wild bearded capuchins use social learning to solve problems, influenced by social tolerance and group dynamics. Researchers observed the …

Summary: A new Alzheimer’s test collects just a few drops of blood from a finger prick, which can be mailed …

Summary: Scientists have reprogrammed mouse cells into pluripotent stem cells using a gene from choanoflagellates, single-celled organisms related to animals. …

Summary: Rest tremor in Parkinson’s disease is linked to dopamine activity in the caudate nucleus, challenging conventional beliefs about dopamine …