Neuroscience

Why Women Handle Stress Better Than Men- Genetics?

Can people's differing reactions to situations of stress be attributed at least in part to genetic differences and do those differences affect men and women in different ways- with the edge seemingly favoring the women?   Research conducted at the Heb ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2009 - 8:11pm

'Hollow Mask' Illusion Doesn't Fool Schizophrenia Patients (But We Bet It Fools Most Everyone Else)

Patients with schizophrenia are able to correctly see through an illusion known as the 'hollow mask' illusion, probably because their brain disconnects 'what the eyes see' from what 'the brain thinks it is seeing', according t ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2009 - 8:35pm

Seeking Out Empirical Data For The Neurobiology Of Wisdom

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have compiled the first-ever review of the neurobiology of wisdom – once the sole province of religion and philosophy. The study by Dilip V. Jeste, MD, and Thomas W. Meeks, MD, of UC ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2009 - 8:15pm

Your Brain Is Good At Fractions, Even If You Don't Try

Although fractions are thought to be a difficult mathematical concept to learn, the adult brain encodes them automatically without conscious thought, according to new research in the April 8 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The study shows that cells ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2009 - 4:35pm

Hollow Mask Illusion- So Cool It Distracted Me From The Hockey Game

There isn't a lot that can pull me away from a hockey game.* Such is the power of Wired magazine, and really freaking cool science. When people see the optical illusion known as "the hollow mask"- a concave face, like the back side of a holl ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Apr 7 2009 - 8:20pm

Hypersexual? Compulsive Gambler? Blame Dopamine (But Only If You Have Parkinson's Disease Too)

According to a new study published by the Mayo Clinic, patients with Parkinson disease (PD) have another problem to deal with. Researchers have found that one in six patients taking therapeutic doses of certain prescription drugs for management of PD have ...

Article - Erin Richards - Apr 8 2009 - 2:36pm

Enteric Nervous System- Understanding How The 'Second Brain' Works

Researchers from the Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) in the Faculty of Medicine at University of Calgary have uncovered the first evidence that neurons talk to ‘glial’ cells in the digestive tract: a discovery that could help find a way to regulate and res ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2009 - 1:42pm

Do Babies In The Womb Have Dreams?

After about seven months growing in the womb, a human fetus spends most of its time asleep. Its brain cycles back and forth between the frenzied activity of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and the quiet resting state of non-REM sleep. But whether the brains ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 13 2009 - 6:41pm

New Treatment Aids Stroke-Related Brain Injury

A UQ researcher has revealed a new treatment for a speech disorder that commonly affects those who have suffered a stroke or brain injury.  PhD graduate Dr Rachel Wenke has shown in a recent study that the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment® may be an effective ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2009 - 12:52pm

Behavioral Flexibility's Brain Mechanisms

New research provides insight into how the brain can execute different actions in response to the same stimulus. The study, published by Cell Press in the April 16 issue of the journal Neuron, suggests that information from single brain cells cannot be int ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 15 2009 - 12:07pm