Brain Power

Brain Power
Hollywood star Bruce Willis talks to reporters during a news conference in a Planet Hollywood restaurant at a new cinema and shopping complex in an Athens suburb on 23 August 2000

What to know about aphasia, Bruce Willis’ diagnosis

Everyone occasionally struggles to find the right word, “but you could imagine in aphasia, this happens a lot”

A fly

Flies possess more sophisticated cognitive abilities than known

The researchers are now investigating details of how attention is physiologically encoded in the brain

Memory formation influenced by brain network development in young age

Brain network development in young age influences memory formation: Study

The slow theta frequency slows down with age, and the fast get faster

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Study finds memory formation influenced by brain network development in young age

A new, rare study of direct brain recordings in children and adolescents discovered that as brains matured, the precise ways by which two key memory regions in the brain communicate made us better at ...

An elderly ethnic woman returning home after collecting paddy from the jhum fields in Simanapara area of Dighinala upazila in Khagrachhari

Older people in good shape have fitter brains

Good conditioning appears to be an important prerequisite for good brain function in the elderly in the other two research articles as well

Daily physical activity effective for boosting brain function

Daily physical activity effective for boosting brain function

A new study by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine has found that daily physical activity is effective in boosting brain function for middle-aged and older adults

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Similar to social media feeds, brains operate with lag to update: Research

Similar to our social media feeds, our brains are constantly uploading rich, visual stimuli

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Researchers distinguish brain activity related to planning from perception, production

The study focused on brain computations that enable such replies, which are planned before the end of a conversation partner’s turn and uttered within a fraction of a second

10-minute run can boost brain processing

10-minute run can boost brain processing

A team of researchers from the University of Tsukuba have found that only ten minutes of moderate-intensity running can help the part of the brain that plays an important role in controlling mood and ...

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Researchers find first human evidence of how memories form

Hallucinations and delusions in people with a psychotic illness are actual memories, processed through neural memory systems like 'normal' memories, even though they are corrupted, said Carol ...

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Study finds how brain perceives indistinct familiar objects

The appearance of objects can often change. For example, in dim evenings or fog, the contrast of the objects decreases, making it difficult to distinguish them

The early development of the gut, the brain and the immune system are closely interrelated.

Research team makes advance in brain-inspired computing

In the brain, randomness played an important role in human thought or computation

Household works can lead to sharper memory

Household works can lead to sharper memory

A new study has found that older adults who do household works may have a sharper memory, attention span, better leg strength and greater protection against falls

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Common link found between electrical tremors and mental health disorders

The investigators propose that this research has the potential to improve diagnostics and help shape future treatments

Poor sleep may reduce memory of older adults.

Dreaming phase matters for brain refreshing: Study

A Tsukuba-led team used a technique to directly visualise the movement of red blood cells in the brain capillaries (where nutrients and waste products are exchanged between brain cells and blood) of ...

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