Summary: Why do individuals with alcohol use disorders often prioritize drinking over meaningful social connections? A new study identifies a specific brain region—the anterior insula—as a key driver of this…
Category: Life
Using Imagination to Disrupt Negative Memory Traces
Summary: Childhood memories of harsh criticism or neglect often manifest in adulthood as a paralyzing fear of failure. However, a new clinical trial reveals that we can “rewrite” these internal…
Why Your Brain Gets Sharper After Adolescence
Summary: For decades, neuroscience has operated under the theory that sensory processing circuits are “locked in” during early childhood and remain fixed throughout adulthood. However, a groundbreaking study has overturned…
Music May Not Boost Focus or Mood During Exercise
Summary: It is a common belief that listening to music while exercising improves focus, elevates mood, and enhances mental performance. However, a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis suggests this isn’t…
Dusanka Vujanovic | Landscapes that choose their butterflies – Functional Ecologists
In this week’s ‘Behind the Paper’ blog post, author Dusanka Vujanovic discusses their new research article “Larval diet breadth and wingspan mediate landscape–richness relationship in butterfly communities“. Dusanka, a Research…
Anti-vaccine activists are pushing the courts to allow doctors to spread disinformation about shot safety to patients
Doctors who give health advice to their patients or community that runs counter to the medical establishment face a rare but very real risk of state sanctions, including losing their…
Vitamin K Refusal Puts Newborns at High Risk for Brain Injury
Summary: Newborns are naturally born with low levels of vitamin K, which is essential for blood clotting. To prevent life-threatening bleeding, infants are typically given a vitamin K shot at…
Nature Exposure Triggers Brain Reset
Summary: Spending time in nature isn’t just a pleasant pastime; it triggers a measurable physiological and neurological “reset” in the brain. A comprehensive review of over 100 brain-imaging studies demonstrates…
Here’s how honeyeaters and other birds thrive on sugary diets
To eat a sugar-filled diet, birds had to evolve some sweet genetic tricks. Birds that feed on nectar and fruits have important variants in genes that control metabolism, fat processing…
