Summary: This week’s top five neuroscience breakthroughs bring to light fascinating insights into human cognition, emotion, and physical attributes. From a potential cure for baldness to new insight into how…
Category: Humans
Cheap diabetes drug reduces risk of long COVID: study
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who took a cheap diabetes drug after testing positive for COVID-19 had a 40 percent lower risk of getting long COVID, a US-based study said…
Genetic counseling for familial colorectal cancer can provide significant improvements in patient empowerment
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Genetic counseling is essential when dealing with individuals who are affected by, or at risk of, inherited disease. Although it is known to be useful in…
Chimú Culture constructed 10 km wall to protect capital against El Niño events |
Archaeologists conducting a study of the Muralla La Cumbre, a 10 km wall in northern Peru, have concluded that the Chimú Culture constructed the wall to protect the capital of…
Hunter gatherers used bone flutes to imitate raptors |
Bone flutes discovered at Eynan-Mallaha in Israel may have been used to imitate the call of raptors. Eynan-Mallaha was an Epipalaeolithic settlement belonging to the Natufian culture, built and settled…
Mapping Emotion Recognition in Children
Summary: Researchers discovered children’s ability to process emotional cues is largely established by the time they start school. Analyzing brain scans from children aged five to 15, the study revealed…
Daring Differently: Gender Differences in Risk-Taking Behavior
Summary: A new study sheds light on gender differences in risk-taking behavior. The research reveals women are more averse to risk than men due to heightened sensitivity to potential losses.…
Scientists get closer to a better PSA test
The most common screening test for prostate cancer so often returns a false positive result that it’s no longer recommended for men older than 70, and it’s offered as a…
How COVID lockdowns distorted our sense of time—new research
Credit: Brian A Jackson/Shutterstock The perception of time is a psychological phenomenon, meaning external factors can modify the way we experience it. For example, time may seem to fly by…
Unmasking Anosognosia: Revealing Hidden Brain Networks in Unawareness
Summary: Researchers identified specific brain network connections associated with anosognosia, a condition where patients are unaware of their neurological or psychiatric deficits. Using a technique called lesion network mapping, they…
