Fruit Diet Helped The Primate's Brain To Evolve

Medicine & Technology Mar 28, 2017

A new study concludes Fruit rich diet drove primates to evolve big brains. The fruit-eating animals turned out to have 25 percent more brain tissue than others.

Brain Functions Several Minutes After Death, Heart Dies First

Mar 14, 2017

It is going to take a while for the brain to cease functioning even if the body has died. Doctors at a Canadian intensive care unit accidentally stumbled on a patient that continues to experience brainwaves for about 10 minutes after his life support was cut.

Study:Electric Brain Stimulation Boosts Creativity

Mar 07, 2017

Researchers believe that the combination of electrical stimulation of the brain and the effort to create enhances creativity.

Brain, Spine Implants Give Clearer Communication To Human As It Let Paralyzed Monkey Walk Again

Feb 23, 2017

David Borton was surprised to see the success of the brain and spine implant to animals. That's why with full effort, they manage to use the idea with human subjects.

Implantable Device To Reanimate Paralyzed Limbs Under Development

Dec 30, 2015

The Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering is currently developing a wireless implantable device that sends information in place of the damaged nerves.

Scientists Locate Speech Forming Part of the Brain

May 20, 2015

Researchers have discovered the part of the brain that is sensitive to timing and plays an important role in human language.

Are You Only As Risky As Your Friends?

May 19, 2015

Scientists have found that neurological evidence in the form of brain scans that show birds of a feather do flock together. The team says that neural and social signals in the mind align in terms of how we perceive both safety and risk. This means that trends happen for a reason, and now scientists have a better understanding of why-no matter how awful, embarrassing, or just plain weird the trend is.

New Research Isolates Speech Center in the Human Brain

May 19, 2015

In our quest to understand the complex inner workings of the human brain, researchers at New York University have brought us one step closer. They have pinpointed a region of the brain exclusively devoted to processing speech, which not only provides a better understanding of the cerebral landscape, but settles a long-standing dispute concerning the brain's perception of sound.

Healthy Diet May Help Our Brains Age

May 07, 2015

A new study has found that the healthier we eat over the years, the better shape our brains will be in as we age. Researchers from McMaster University found that people from all over the world who kept a Mediterranean style diet in middle age had a reduced risk of cognitive decline as they got older.

Signed Up to Go to Mars? Better Think Again, While You Have the Chance

May 03, 2015

We understand the drive and the passion to explore the new and unknown frontiers of space, but when it comes to the loss of cognitive function or serious IQ points, we know where to draw the line. While humans as a species, and space agencies now, have been speaking about traveling to other planets for as long as anyone can remembers, now knowing what awaits us in space may change a few of your minds—literally.

Cosmic Radiation Reveals Devastating Affects on the Brain—What Plans Will This Change for NASA?

May 02, 2015

When it comes to life on Earth, we’re one of the most fragile species there is. But thanks to the rather perfect confluence of circumstances and cosmic events, we’re mostly shielded from the dangers of space. Strong ultraviolet rays are kept out, our vital oxygen and water are kept in, and life continues blissfully. But what happens when we leave our own little planet in search of others? What protection do we have then?

Ringing Ears from Tinnitus Results in Extensive Brain Activity

Apr 25, 2015

Have you ever dealt with that constant ringing in your ears that just won’t seem to go away? You are not alone, according to researchers one in every five people is affected with the problem. The medical condition, known as Tinnitus, causes patients to hear a constant ringing in their ears. However, researchers have now discovered that tinnitus varies greatly from person to person and in some cases the ringing may not actually be there at all.

Can the Air You Breathe Cause Your Brain to Shrink?

Apr 25, 2015

According to a new study published this week in the journal Stroke, researchers found the first link directly correlating changes in brain volume to exposure to air pollution, and during the 10-year monitoring period found that brains exposed to areas of dense air pollution were smaller leading to poorer cognitive function—poorer thinking and memory problems just being the start.

Poorer Children Have Smaller Brains Researchers Say

Mar 31, 2015

Children with richer parents have larger brains compared to children with poorer parents, according to a new study. The differences in the brain were most marked in the areas that control language, reading, decision making and memory, the study found.

‘Lightning Strikes’ in the Process of Learning

Mar 30, 2015

Neurobiology can be quite a difficult to subject to wrap our minds around, especially considering that every individual’s neurochemistry is unique unto itself. But with a bit of persistance, four years to be exact, and a bit of innovative technology in the field of biophotonics researchers with NYU’s Langone Medical Center have finally revealed just how brains sort, store and process information in the process of learning new tasks.