Neuroscience

Sexsomnia Afflicts 3 Times More Men Than Women- Study

Sexsomnia may be more common than previously believed and is more common in men than women, according to new research presented today at SLEEP 2010.   Their results indicate that 7.6 percent of patients (63 of 832) at a sleep disorders center reported that ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 7 2010 - 7:28am

Quantitative Reasoning In Babies: They Count Long Before They Talk

Babies can grasp information about numbers, space and time before they can speak, and they do so in more complex ways than previously realized, according to new research. In 1890 William James wrote in "The Principles of Psychology" that the baby ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 15 2010 - 4:38pm

MAO-A Enzyme Implicated In Postpartum Depression

Some estimates claim that within the first week after giving birth, up to 70 percent of women experience symptoms of the 'baby blues'- obviously a different thing than clinical postpartum depression, which perhaps 13 percent of new mothers show s ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 17 2010 - 11:43am

PO Enzyme Linked To Bipolar Disorder

Lithium has been used for more than 50 years in the treatment manic depression, clinically termed bipolar disorder,  though no one is sure why it has been beneficial. Don't be concerned.  We don't know why aspirin works either, but we still use i ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 17 2010 - 11:12am

Inhibition In The Brain... More Than A Simple Game

Inhibition in the brain seems simple but there is an underlying complexity that makes it one of the most challenging aspects of brain function to understand.   Its kind of like soccer, it seems to be a simple game, but it is difficult to play simple. The m ...

Article - Kathy Murphy - Jun 28 2010 - 6:10pm

Men: When You Compete Are You A Bonobo Or A Chimp?

Men will sometimes blame hormones for how women act but it isn't just one gender- one thing that sets off hormone changes in men is competition, says a new PNAS study. The average man experiences hormone changes similar to the henpecked bonobo prior t ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 28 2010 - 4:39pm

The Adaptive Brain In Action

Neural circuitry is constantly changing to meet the challenges of its environment and ahead of his presentation on July 6th, sponsored by The Kavli Foundation, at the 7th FENS Forum of European Neuroscience in Amsterdam,  Tobias Bonhoeffer, director at the ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2010 - 8:00am

IVF Rate in Israel is 3.5%, not Autism Rate

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Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Jul 3 2010 - 8:17am

The Science Case For Zoning Out: Brain Stem Cells Need Rest Too

Brain stem cells remain dormant until needed to make more neurons but little is known about the molecular guards that keep them quiet- or 'wake' them up.   Scientists from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies say they have identified the sig ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 5 2010 - 8:00am

Why We Have Eureka Moments

"My plan for today: 1. Pick up dry cleaning. 2. Go to dentist. 3. Think up brilliant idea.” Good luck with that third bullet. Big ideas can’t be planned like growing tomatoes in one’s garden. We stumble upon ideas, and although we can sometimes recall ...

Article - Mark Changizi - Jul 6 2010 - 3:37pm