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City life is linked to an increase in activity in areas of the brain associated with mental illnessCity life bad for the brain

Thursday, 23 June 2011
City living appears to increase the activity in brain regions that are associated with mental illness, a new study has found.

Subjects: urban-development-and-planning, diseases-and-disorders, environmental-health, brain-and-nervous-system, house-and-home Locations: germany, united-states


Tuesday, 21 June 2011


The findings suggest aging causes a significant loss in the brain's ability to respond to stress Why learning gets tougher with age

Wednesday, 25 May 2011
The middle-aged brain is not as nimble as it used to be because of all the stress it has endured, a new study shows.

Subjects: lifelong-learning, neuroscience, brain-and-nervous-system, play-and-learning Locations: united-states

The researchers made a living two dimensional model of the neurons likely to exist in a schizophrenic brain Cells in a dish 'replicate schizophrenia'

Thursday, 14 April 2011Article has audio
Researchers have successfully grown human schizophrenia nerve cells, enabling them to better understand the mechanisms underlying the disease.

Subjects: diseases-and-disorders, mental-health, neuroscience, stem-cells, brain-and-nervous-system Locations: united-states

Previous studies have established a strong link between juggling tasks and glitches in short-term memory Older brains less nimble at multi-tasking

Tuesday, 12 April 2011
The elderly are far less nimble at switching neurological connections in their brains between activities than young adults.

Subjects: older-people, neuroscience, brain-and-nervous-system Locations: united-states

By untangling and map connections in the brain, scientists hope to understand how thoughts and perceptions are generated Scientists unravel brain's complexity

Monday, 11 April 2011
Scientists say they have moved a step closer to developing a computer model of the brain.


The central issue in determining political views appears to revolve around fear and how it affects a person Study finds political views hard-wired

Friday, 8 April 2011
Scientists have shown that the brains of liberals and conservatives are built differently.

Subjects: government-and-politics, neuroscience, brain-and-nervous-system Locations: united-kingdom

The brain is always having to supplement what our eyes see to give us a picture of the world around us Illusion shakes vision science theory

Wednesday, 6 April 2011Article has video
A new illusion challenges the idea that the brain processes visual information rationally.

Subjects: psychology, brain-and-nervous-system Locations: the-university-of-sydney-2006

Studies in the past have shown people who've been blind since birth also use the visual cortex during verbal tasks such as reading Braille Speech lights up visual cortex in blind

Wednesday, 2 March 2011
People who are born blind may use the part of the brain associated with vision to process language, say US scientists.

Subjects: health, disabilities, diseases-and-disorders, neuroscience, brain-and-nervous-system Locations: united-states

Experts say the results are intriguing, but urge they be interpreted with caution Mobile phone alters brain activity

Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Spending 50 minutes with a mobile phone to your ear is enough to change brain cell activity.

Subjects: health, neuroscience, brain-and-nervous-system Locations: united-states

Baby brains are kept busy making connections - and mistakes.Baby brains rewire themselves

Wednesday, 9 February 2011

Subjects: neuroscience, brain-and-nervous-system Locations: the-university-of-sydney-2006, germany

Who are you calling mad?New test targets 'mad cow' disease

Monday, 31 January 2011
An accurate, fast and specific test to detect Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, often called 'mad cow disease', has been developed, paving the way for better diagnosis of the fatal condition.

Subjects: diseases-and-disorders, neuroscience, research, brain-and-nervous-system Locations: university-of-melbourne-3010, japan

Not all snakes are frightening, and not all people can be frightenedFearless woman helps unlock anxiety puzzle

Friday, 17 December 2010
A woman in the US who is incapable of experiencing fear could lead researchers towards a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety conditions.

Subjects: diseases-and-disorders, medical-research, mental-health, brain-and-nervous-system, anatomy Locations: united-states, university-of-new-south-wales-2052

Learning problems persisted for a month after settling back into a normal schedule Jet-lag causes long term memory loss

Thursday, 25 November 2010
International travellers may feel tired and forgetful for up to a month after returning because jet-lag causes long term changes in the brain, according to a US study.

Subjects: health, neuroscience, sleep, brain-and-nervous-system, travel-health-and-safety Locations: united-states

We get more from the genetic code of our parents  than just physical traitsMum and Dad tell us how to wear our genes

Monday, 8 November 2010
While every human being gets two sets of chromosomes, one from each parent - they're not always equally important in determining how we develop.

Subjects: depression, eating-disorders, neuroscience, genetics, brain-and-nervous-system, anxiety, autism-spectrum-disorder Locations: united-states

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