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Climate Change
How dyslexia could help humans adapt to climate change
A new theory of human cognitive evolution proposes that humans have survived thanks to complementary ways of processing information, including dyslexia.
Global Health
1 in 3 Americans say they don't look forward to yearly time changes
People in the US dread the yearly switch to daylight saving time. A neurologist discusses why and how the conversion could negatively affect our health.
Health and Healthcare
Scientists find a link between Alzheimer's disease and sleep patterns
Maintaining our circadian rhythm could help us to avoid health issues such as Alzheimer's disease, research on mice by US scientists indicates.
Mental Health
How brain activity can influence social anxiety and lonliness
People with social anxiety have increased amygdala activity during social decision making, and reduced activity in the nucleus accumbens during social feedback.
Neuroscience
New clues in the brain linking pain and eating behaviour
Researchers suggest that the part of the brain that controls motivation and pleasure is active, when pain is experienced. Here's why that's important.
Science
These two female neuroscientists are trying to reverse damaging stereotypes
To mark International Day of Women and Girls in science, two neuroscientists discuss their research into interventions for autistic adults experiencing anxiety.
Neuroscience
Here's how 'brain charts' can help us to understand mental illness
Brain growth charts can be used to develop more of an understanding of brain-based conditions, such as ADHD, schizophrenia, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
Neuroscience
This is how your brain knows when to do a cellular 'trash pickup'
New research reveals how the brain’s housekeeping service, a sophisticated mechanism that cleans up debris left over from cellular activity, actually works.
Global Health
The secret of the 'super-agers': why some people remain sharp in their later years
Why do some people's mind stay sharp as they get older? A professor of neurology explains the 'super-ager' - those who avoid cognitive decline as they age.
Mental Health
This sleep habit could improve your mental health
Several studies have linked the amount and quality of sleep a person gets to their mental health, with sleep deprivation also linked to reduced immunity to viruses.
Global Health
Exercising at different times of the day changes the impact it has on your body
Research into how the timing that we exercise affects our body has shown significant differences between day and night, and how this benefits our health.
Neuroscience
Uninterrupted sleep could be the key to remembering faces and names
New research by Northwestern University is the first to document the effect reactivating memory during sleep has on face-name learning.
Neuroscience
We are at our most creative just before we fall asleep, scientists say
Scientists in Paris say their experiment shows that sleep is vital to our creative performance, a strategy previously discovered by scientist Thomas Edison.
Mental Health
What is the secret to achieving 'flow'? An expert explains
Psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi’s research on flow started in the 1970s. He has called it the “secret to happiness” as it can help people pursue their goals.
Neuroscience
Running out of ideas? Dozing off could be the secret to unlocking your creativity
A new study has discovered that a state of consciousness between awake and asleep could be where you tap into your Eureka moment.
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