How Childhood Trauma Alters Brain Pathways - Neuroscience News
WEBFeb 5, 2024 · A brain study of childhood trauma has revealed how it affects development and rewires vital pathways. The University of Essex study—led by the Department of Psychology’s Dr. Megan Klabunde—uncovered a disruption in neural networks involved in self-focus and problem-solving. The findings are …
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WEBNeuroscience News is an independent open access science magazine. Since 2001, we have featured neuroscience research news from labs, universities, hospitals and news departments around the world. Topics include brain research, AI, psychology, neuroscience, mental health and neurotech.
Playful Brains: Early Years Play Shapes Children’s Futures
WEBOct 2, 2023 · Play in the early years forges essential neural pathways, impacting future growth and learning. Children are biologically wired for play, and diverging from this can hinder their development. The research integrates the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact, suggesting play as a means of mental health recovery for …
What Happens in Our Brain When We Die? - Neuroscience News
WEBFeb 22, 2022 · Findings ‘challenge our understanding of when exactly life ends’. “We measured 900 seconds of brain activity around the time of death and set a specific focus to investigate what happened in the 30 seconds before and after the heart stopped beating,” said Dr Ajmal Zemmar, a neurosurgeon at the University of Louisville, US, who organised ...
Unlocking the Mind: The Neuroscience Behind Our Conscious Reality
WEBMay 20, 2023 · Summary: The neuroscience of consciousness explores the fundamental aspect of wakefulness and the higher-level cognitive perceptions, such as thinking and understanding. Various theories, like the Global Neuronal Workspace Theory and the Integrated Information Theory, attempt to provide an explanatory framework for the conscious experience.
How Does the Brain Create Our Perception of Reality?
WEBNov 3, 2021 · New findings from studies in both people and animals are revealing clues about how sensory information and cognitive processes interact in the brain to produce our perception of the world. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2021, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world’s largest source of …
A Variety of Factors Beyond Age Influence Reaction Time
WEBJul 13, 2021 · Source: TGen. Reaction time, as a measure of brain health, is influenced by aging and a variety of other factors, including education, sex, smoking, dizziness, the number of daily medications, family medical history, and even whether one favors using their right or left hand. In a study published in Nature Aging and Mechanisms of Disease ...
Exactly How Many Senses Do We Really Have? - Neuroscience News
WEBJan 19, 2023 · Summary: Do people really have a “sixth sense”?Researchers evaluate how intuition and visions, often induced, are part of our conscious experience. Source: USC While the notion that people have five basic human senses is often considered a universal truth and can be traced back to Aristotle’s “De Anima” (“On the Soul”), many philosophers and neuroscientists are now debating ...
The Science Behind Why Hobbies Can Improve Our Mental Health
WEBFeb 14, 2021 · Summary: From helping to reduce depression to boosting dopamine in the reward system, researchers review how taking up a hobby can have positive effects on mental health. Source: The Conversation The pandemic has taken its toll on many peoples’ mental health.Given the fear of the virus and the government restrictions on movement many may understandably be feeling more lonely, anxious, and ...
Your brain on sugar: What the science actually says
WEBNov 16, 2019 · Your body runs on sugar — glucose to be precise. Glucose comes from the Greek word glukos which means sweet. Glucose fuels the cells that make up our body — including brain cells (neurons). Dopamine “hits” from eating sugar. On an evolutionary basis, our primitive ancestors were scavengers. Sugary foods are excellent sources of …