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Prof. Anat Shoshani of the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology at Reichman University
3+ hour, 40+ min ago (59+ words) [IMAGE] Eurek Alert! Prof. Anat Shoshani of the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Reichman University More on this News Release Therapy at your fingertips: new Reichman University study led by Prof. Anat Shoshani of the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology…...
Women's sense of smell is roughly 50% more sensitive than men's on average, and the gap widens during pregnancy to a degree that some evolutionary biologists think is a defence mechanism for the fetus
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (180+ words) The claim that women possess a sharper sense of smell than men is one of those folk observations that turns out to be approximately correct, repeatedly replicated, and yet rarely explained with any mechanical honesty. By Space Daily Editorial Team…...
Lea Stith: Translating Brain Signals into Research Solutions
6+ hour, 10+ min ago (698+ words) From Alzheimer's disease and Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory to attention and spatial navigation, Lea Stith'sresearch on memory is hard to forget. Working in translational neuroscience, Stith uncovers insights about the brain to bridge neuroscience research and real-world applications. Her interest…...
Is AI Making Humans Think Less?
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (262+ words) Experts are expressing concerns about the potential long-term effects of artificial intelligence on human cognitive abilities. (Image Created Using AI) "Instant Answers" Could Change How Humans Think Speaking to the BBC, Paddy Rodgers, director of the Royal Museums Greenwich group,…...
Female brains have measurably more connections between the two hemispheres, and male brains have more connections within each hemisphere " and neuroscientists still argue about whether this explains anything or nothing at all
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (1106+ words) Space Daily Ragini Verma, a biomedical imaging researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, published a paper in late 2013 that did something unusual for a neuroscience finding: it escaped the journal and entered the dinner-table conversation almost intact. Using diffusion tensor…...
Researchers confirm near-universal presence of microplastics in brain
2+ hour, 54+ min ago (317+ words) A team of Chinese researchers confirmed the presence of microplastics and nanoplastics in the living human brain and systematically revealed their distribution characteristics in both brain tumor tissues and healthy brain tissue, according to Beijing Tiantan Hospital on April 28. Microplastics…...
Scientists Uncover Promising New Strategy To Stop Parkinson's in Its Tracks
17+ hour, 19+ min ago (501+ words) A newly identified immune-related protein may help drive the spread of Parkinson's disease in the brain. A protein tied to the brain's immune system may be helping Parkinson's disease spread from cell to cell, and scientists believe stopping it could…...
Scientists discover that dopamine receptors act as traffic signals to guide migrating brain cells
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (96+ words) The study, "Ablation of the D1 Dopamine Receptor Alters the Migration and the Cortical Distribution of MGE-Derived Inhibitory Interneurons by a Preponderant Non'Cell-Autonomous Effect," was authored by Anne-Ga'lle Toutain, Sophie Scotto-Lomassese, Aude Muzerelle, Julien Puech, Ariane Fayad, Anne Roumier, Denis Herv,…...
Frontiers | Precision diagnosis of GABRA1-associated encephalopathies and epilepsy: optimizing variants classification and molecular subregional effects
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (440+ words) Emerging Frontiers in the Genetics and Clinical Management of Pediatric Epilepsy Front. Genet. , 19 May 2026 Sec. Genetics of Common and Rare Diseases 1. Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital and Clinical Neuroscience Institute of Jinan University, Guangzhou, China 2. Department of Neurology,…...
Brain 'Zaps' From Contact Lenses May Help Ease Depression, Mouse Study Shows
4+ hour, 14+ min ago (617+ words) Scientists in South Korea have developed experimental contact lenses designed to send electrical signals through the retina and into brain regions linked to mood. In mice, the technology appeared to improve depression-like behaviour. The idea sounds futuristic: a contact lens…...