Brain Disorders Stories
- Two separate groups of cells within the brain's amygdala help us assign emotion, good and bad, to our experiences.
- A class of commonly used fungicides changes gene expression in ways similar to that seen in patients with autism and Alzheimer's disease.
- Many of us develop digital amnesia, and let our electronic devices remember for us.
- LSD causes decreased activity in the default mode network, which is active when you daydream or think about the past.
- Uncertainty is a key stressor in the decision-making process, yet sensitivity to stress helps us perform better.
- The brain-gut connection may help explain the links between digestion, mood, health, and how we think.
- Nervana headphones deliver electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve with the beat of the music.
- Anorexia treatment often fails, but targeting the brain may yield better results.
- Cerebral palsy, an umbrella term for a group of neurological disorders, is the most common childhood motor disability.
- Serotonin research on simple fruit flies might help illuminate the biological mechanisms underlying anxiety.
- Non-believers report higher levels of self-centered impulsivity and coldheartedness than their religious peers.
- Women genetically predisposed to schizophrenia are more likely to have their first child at either an early age or a later age.