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Researchers have uncovered 104 high-risk genes for schizophrenia

Researchers have uncovered 104 high-risk genes for schizophrenia

Scientists have identified high-risk genes for schizophrenia, suggesting it to be a developmental disease that can be detected & treated before the onset of...
Did you know that brain growth is inhibited by heavy alcohol use?

Did you know that brain growth is inhibited by heavy alcohol use?

A study at Oregon National Primate Research Center, USA, shows that heavy alcohol use can slow the rate of brain growth. The study, published in...
Severe depression treatment and deep brain stimulation

Severe depression treatment and deep brain stimulation

World's largest study of deep brain stimulation in the brain's reward system was conducted providing sustained relief can patients use this as a form...
Tackling loneliness: Vodafone explores if technology makes us more alone

Tackling loneliness: Vodafone explores if technology makes us more alone

Do you think technology makes us more alone? Discover how multinational telecoms company, Vodafone, launched a new report into the role tech plays in...
What’s the link between Alzheimer’s disease and head injuries?

What’s the link between Alzheimer’s disease and head injuries?

According to the researchers at University of Eastern Finland, individuals with Alzheimer’s disease have a higher risk of experiencing head injuries. Published in Journal of...
Let’s talk cognitive evolution, tool development and social complexity

Let’s talk cognitive evolution, tool development and social complexity

Researchers have discovered proof that parallel development between cognitive evolution, tool development, and social complexity exists. A study analysed the selective attention processes that determine...
Music enhancing creativity: fact or fiction?

Music enhancing creativity: fact or fiction?

Psychologists from the University of Central Lancashire, Lancaster University, UK and University of Gävle, Sweden are challenging the idea of music enhancing creativity. The popular...
Excitatory neurons and oestrogen may be the brain food we all need

Excitatory neurons and oestrogen may be the brain food we all need

According to researchers from the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, USA, Excitatory neurons and oestrogen in the brain is important to making...
Neuroimaging techniques and dissociative identity disorder treatment

Neuroimaging techniques and dissociative identity disorder treatment

Neuroimaging techniques can distinguish between healthy brains and those with multiple personality disorder - could this lead to dissociative identity disorder treatment? Machine-learning and neuroimaging...
Memory retention: Drawing is better for the brain than writing

Memory retention: Drawing is better for the brain than writing

According to the University of Waterloo, Canada, older adults who take up drawing could enhance their level of memory retention. As people grow older it...

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