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When 119 young adults consumed a meal while playing a simple computer game for 15 minutes, they ate significantly less than when they ate the same meal without distractions. Source: Using technology during mealtimes may decrease food intake, study finds
Continue Reading →Scientists have discovered that signals in the motor cortex act like a series of clutches when it comes to moving, and that these signals can be disrupted to slow the brain’s initiation of movement. Source: How waves of 'clutches' in the motor cortex help our brains initiate movement
Continue Reading →In some cases of ineffective messaging, it might be appropriate, despite the aphorism to the contrary, to blame the messenger. Source: Don't blame the messenger — unless it's all stats and no story
Continue Reading →Scientists have developed a new computational technique that could lead to fast, finely detailed brain imaging with a compact device that uses only sound waves. Source: Seismic imaging technology could deliver finely detailed images of the human brain
Continue Reading →In Japan, puffer fish is considered a delicacy, but the tickle to the taste buds comes with a tickle to the nerves: fugu contains tetrodotoxin, a strong nerve toxin. In low doses, tetrodotoxin is shown in clinical trials to be a replacement for opioids for relieving cancer related pain. Scientists have now introduced a new […]
Continue Reading →Researchers have developed a method for completing whole-genome sequencing to determine salmonella serotypes in just two hours and the whole identification process within eight hours. Source: Food scientists slice time off salmonella identification process
Continue Reading →An international team of scientists has launched a comprehensive overview of all proteins expressed in the brain. The open-access database offers medical researchers an unprecedented resource to deepen their understanding of neurobiology and develop new, more effective therapies and diagnostics targeting psychiatric and neurological diseases. Source: One step closer to understanding the human brain
Continue Reading →In a study of epilepsy patients, researchers monitored the electrical activity of thousands of individual brain cells, called neurons, as patients took memory tests. They found that the firing patterns of the cells that occurred when patients learned a word pair were replayed fractions of a second before they successfully remembered the pair. Source: Scientists […]
Continue Reading →Want to boost creativity? Caffeine may not be the way to go according to a news study. Source: Caffeine boosts problem-solving ability but not creativity, study indicates
Continue Reading →Researchers calculate that the effects of air pollution shorten the lives of people around the world by an average of almost three years. Source: Air pollution is one of the world's most dangerous health risks
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