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A new AI algorithm can detect behavioral symptoms associated with anxiety with over 90% accuracy. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3lJ3Ezd

Researchers report Xenobots, a computer-designed, hand-assembled organism can find and gather single cells, and assemble "baby" Xenobots. After a few days, the immature Xanobots can also find cells and replicate themselves. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/2ZG7Xn1

Findings shed new light on how brain states are regulated and how the brain can switch between them. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3lmxCIZ

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Amateur boxers, specifically those who boxed during their youth, are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those who didn't. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3D87SG6

A new study sheds light on the genetic causes of a range of neurodegenerative disorders, including ALS, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease, and determines factors that impact the age of onset as well as disease severity. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3o5dUDp

Just one protein situated on the synapse can profoundly alter how some neurons communicate and implement plasticity. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3xIbA8r

A new system that combines neural implants with the internet of things can remotely control the brain circuits of numerous animals across the globe simultaneously and independently via the web. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3o3izWg

Neurons in deep layers of the brain's cortex are the first to decipher which side of a visual border is an object and which side is the background. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3d0UyJ5

A new AI algorithm recognizes the complex range of emotions invoked when people listen to pieces of music. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3ljXWnc

The form in which isomers take can increase the risk of developing dementia, researchers report. Drugs in development to improve autophagy may help prevents Alzheimer's from developing. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3rm80jm

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A once-weekly three-minute exposure to long-wave deep red light activates mitochondria in the retina, helping to naturally boost declining vision. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3I3N46i

50% of a person's happiness is determined by their genetic makeup, researchers discovered. A new study considers the roles both nature and nurture play in a person's happiness. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/31byDwl

Researchers have developed a new, non-invasive method to remove dysfunctional brain circuitry and surgically treat neurological conditions. The technique, called PING, uses focused ultrasound combined with microbubbles to penetrate the blood-brain barrier and deliver neurotoxins targeted at the problematic brain area. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3D0NneK

Physical activity appears to reduce microglial activation and improve cognition in the aging human brain, researchers report. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/316K1to

A new framework reveals Alzheimer's disease is far more complex than previously believed. Rather than being a disease where the same causes produce the same outcomes, researchers found three different models for the disease, each with its own characterizations and dynamics. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3FNY8CE

People with untreated depression have lower levels of mitochondrial proteins. For those who responded to the SSRI antidepressants, the proteins returned to a normal level, but showed no increase in those who did not respond to medication. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3lbnXEP

Rare variants of the autism-associated ANK2 gene alter the architecture and organization of neurons, potentially contributing to autism and neurodevelopmental comorbidities. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3cSYV94

Entrainment can safely manipulate brain waves to induce improvements in memory, a new study reveals. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3I2DiBq

Findings suggest people with moderate Alzheimer's disease perform better at daily tasks when surrounded by their usual clutter. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3nTzFG7

A class of drugs called BACE1 inhibitors, originally designed to treat Alzheimer's disease, shows potential for the treatment of glioblastoma brain cancer. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3DZZCt1

White matter hyperintensities were more common in athletes who played more contact sports or had more head injuries and concussions during their sporting careers. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/2ZqrXtw

People from cultures that frequently engage in conflicts with other cultures tend to play more cooperative games than competitive ones. However, in cultures where there are frequent conflicts within their own communities, there is a greater tendency to play more competitive games. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3p5Tmde

A species of gut bacteria called Lactobacillus apis has been linked to enhanced memory and cognition in bumblebees. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3p3XSZD

Researchers have identified a flexible mechanism of visual information representation that alters in correlation to visual contrasts. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/318rtZT

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New artificial intelligence technology reveals previously unknown cell components. The findings may shed new light on human development and diseases. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3G1lVzt

Study identifies a significant way in which a disrupted circadian clock drives inflammation in the body's immune cells. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3cNyJfW

A new mathematical model explains how the brain has the ability to continuously acquire new skills, specifically movement-based skills, without forgetting or degrading old ones. The theory, dubbed COIN, suggests identifying current context is key to learning how to move our bodies when acquiring skills. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3nPHzQK

Psilocybin can restore mGluR2 levels in the prefrontal cortex, and this leads to a reduced risk of relapse for those with alcohol use disorder. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3HOAx6Q

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Microdosing psychedelics like LSD and psilocybin alleviates symptoms of depression and anxiety while improving feelings of wellbeing. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3cKuphM

A new study links a propensity to binge-watch TV shows with personality traits. Researchers found those who lack impulse control and emotional clarity are most likely to binge-watch a television series. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3CN06RV

Persistency allows value signals to be most efficiently coded across the brain, specifically in the retrosplenial cortex. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/32uOZAP

Brain flow occurs when a person participates in an activity that is engaging enough to involve someone to a point of barely being distracted, but not so difficult that the task becomes frustrating. Flow, researchers say, requires high levels of attention. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3HO1fww

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Older adults who continue to perform household chores have better cognition, attention span, and physical strength compared to those who no longer do their own home keeping chores. Housework in older adults was also linked to a decreased risk of falls. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3DIuvSP

Combining deep-brain stimulation with intracranial EEG, researchers achieved an individualized understanding of specific brain networks that contributed to an individual's depression symptoms and identified stimulation patterns best suited to each patient for symptom relief. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3nINBTc

Inadequate sleep can harm brain organization in early adolescence, researchers report. The disorganization can have an impact on cognitive processes, including attention, memory, emotional regulation, and controlling behaviors. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3HOswyA

A new study reveals the complex architecture of a decision-making circuit in the brains of C. elegans that prompts them to forage for food or stop once a source has been found. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3DL0BgC

Hexadecanal, a molecule excreted by humans, found in abundance on the scalps of babies, sparks behavioral changes in adults who are exposed to it. In women, the molecule decreases connectivity in parts of the brain associated with social decision making, but increases connectivity in males. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/2ZgHigk

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Stem cells collected from the placentas of women who gave birth to healthy babies could reduce neuroinflammation and reduce brain injury in growth-restricted babies. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/30NQKs0

By mapping how neurons in the brain are organized and examining how they communicate with one another, researchers are gaining a clearer understanding of how normal brains work and what happens when dysfunction occurs. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3oRXbSW

Memory errors may indicate a way in which the human cognitive system is optimally running, researchers say. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3nzUp5u

Vegetarians who eat more processed foods are at higher risk of developing depression, a new study finds. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3DFu3EG

Researchers describe how specific facial features distinguish a child's face from an adult's face. The findings may help new technologies to quickly determine if children are depicted in indecent images. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/2Z8CdGT

The sound of speech elicits similar neural responses and stimulates the same brain regions in humans, guinea pigs, and macaque monkeys. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3cEaCAd

Switching to a diet that includes more leafy greens, including spinach and kale, reduces inflammation and oxidative stress, and improved symptoms associated with chronic migraine. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3DEK3a2

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A growing body of evidence suggests psychedelics including psilocybin and LSD show promise in providing lasting relief from symptoms for those suffering some mental health disorders. Researchers found DOI, a similar drug to LSD, reduced negative behavioral responses following fear triggers in mouse models of anxiety. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3HEwDgz

Specialized brain cells associated with the neural process of learning in songbirds bear a striking resemblance to neurons associated with the development of fine motor control in humans. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/32748YH

Amyloid-beta accumulation in the brain may contribute to deficits in circadian regulation of learning and memory during the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3DBJ7U2

The "background noise" in the brain disrupts long-memory signals by neurons. This noise interrupts the consistent rhythm of long-memory alpha wave signals in people experiencing identity confusion. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3CGrIZa

A new technology that measures the movement of facial muscles is 73% accurate at detecting when a person is telling a lie. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3Fvox8i

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Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can be used to modulate brain rhythms and cognitive behaviors related to "giving up" during problem-solving tasks. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3nwc3ai

Study reveals how the brain relies on feedback from the body to regulate fear response. When a mouse's body freezes in response to fear, its heart rate slows, and this leads to attenuated insular cortex activity. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3DvJsaL

Researchers have determined the near-atomic scale structure of the anxiety-associated GPR158 receptor. The findings enable an avenue to create potential therapeutics to block the receptor in order to treat depression, stress, and other mental health disorders. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3HAOANe

By two months, 50% of infants begin to appreciate humor, researchers report. 50% of infants being to produce humor at 11 months. Children under one appreciate auditory, physical, and visual humor, including tickling, funny voices, and funny faces. Two-year-olds appreciate humor based on language development. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3nD6mrn

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Researchers explore the psychological and neurobiological basis of why listening to sad music often makes us feel good and lifts our spirits. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3Fvfrsh

Children diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum by the age of 2.5 were three times more likely to exhibit improvements in core social symptoms than those diagnosed later. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/321oNgK

Constant hunger associated with Prader-Willi syndrome is, in part, the result of disordered signaling in the cerebellum, an area of the brain associated with motor control and learning. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3wUk4ZP

When older couples are close together, their heart rates synchronize in complex patterns of interaction. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3wY36JX

For people with arthritis, exercise reduces pain and lowers levels of inflammatory cytokines. Exercise also increases the production of natural endocannabinoids. Researchers found the way exercise promotes these changes was due to altered gut microbes. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/325SQnz

Brain scans of grandmothers taken when viewing photos of their grandchildren revealed greater activation in brain areas associated with emotional empathy, suggesting grandmothers are geared towards feeling what their grandchild is feeling when interacting with them. By contrast, when viewing images of their adult children, brain areas associated with cognitive empathy become activated. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3HA2v60

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Findings shed light on repulsion, or why the brain treats similar environments as though they are more different than a pair of environments that have nothing in common. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3wQ9LpC

A new brain model explored bursts of human brain activity never before studied. The bursts may serve as potential biomarkers for depression, dementia, schizophrenia, and ADHD. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3Dob01z

The extracts of certain plants long used by Native Americans as topical analgesics activate the KCNQ2/3 potassium channel. The compounds provide pain relief and prevent diarrhea. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3HFjjJd

Using transcranial magnetic stimulation to suppress excitability in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex enhanced prosocial behaviors. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3wQGI5j

Researchers examine how neuroimmune interactions promote brain plasticity and shed new light on how neuroimmune activity may have implications for a range of disorders, including neurological changes experienced by COVID-19 survivors. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3kFqaYT

People who drink between 4 - 6 cups of coffee or tea per day have a lower risk of stroke and dementia, researchers report. Drinking coffee alone, or in combination with tea, was associated with lower risk of post-stroke dementia. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/31WSKhZ

People with older-looking brains were born with lower birth weight and genes for smaller brains compared to those with normal aging brains, a new study reports. As both factors present early in life, researchers say "brain age" is likely related to early life influences and not so much on events that occur later in life. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3clxQuR

Researchers report that extreme behaviors exhibited by "true believers" of a religion or belief system are driven by the degree to which their identity fuses with a cause or belief. The findings could help in the fight against radicalization. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3HtsITN

Researchers have identified a new gene called Tango10 which plays a key role in daily circadian behavioral rhythms. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3CzT7Ml

A comparison of medical records reveals people who took SSRI antidepressants, specifically fluoxetine (Prozac), were less likely to die of COVID-19 than a matched control group. The findings add to a growing body of evidence that SSRIs may have beneficial effects against the worst symptoms of coronavirus. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3HpPP1O

While adults build integrated memories based on existing inferences, children can separate memories they later compare to make inferences as they go. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3DpAifR

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People with ALS have 2.5-fold higher levels of arachidonic acid, a lipid commonly found in fatty parts of meat and fish that spurs on inflammatory process, in their spinal motor cells than people without the disease. Treatment with caffeic acid, an anti-inflammatory compound naturally found in coffee, tea, and tomatoes, reduced some of the symptoms associated with ALS, and extended lifespan in animal models. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3kGMS2T

Mothers who use cannabis during pregnancy to relieve stress may be putting their children at risk of developing anxiety and stress later in life. Researchers found placental tissue revealed cannabis use in mothers was associated with lower expression of immune-activating genes. Cannabis suppression of placental immune-gene networks predicted higher anxiety in children. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3DkAXiJ

The fusiform face area, an area of the visual cortex responsible for facial processing, develops much earlier than previously believed. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3FdZvdE

Visual processing speed is reduced in children with dyslexia, a new study finds. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3Hpb1Fa

A newly developed antibody-based treatment and protein-based vaccine reduced Alzheimer's symptoms in mouse models, researchers report. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3CjilOA

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If you want to curb procrastination, don't set yourself a deadline, or set as short a deadline as you can, researchers say. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3qzMRl5

A new study reveals there is a genetic component to spatial memory in Mountain Chickadees. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/30svs32

Researchers report metacognition therapies, or directing personal thoughts and emotions for the benefit of mental wellbeing, can have positive effects on the treatment of anxiety, depression, and addictions. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3DgpLU5

Study reveals children who were given nutritionally modified formula as infants performed no better on educational tests of math and English than those who received standard formula. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3ooBxG0

COVID-19 infections in families widened the prosocial gap almost three-fold between people with higher socioeconomic status and those from backgrounds of lower socioeconomic status. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3Cq8FCh

Fine motor skills utilized by using tools engage parts of the brain similar to those mobilized when we think about the construction of a sentence, researchers report. from Neuroscience News https://ift.tt/3wRlape