Summary: A preclinical study from Chongqing Medical University and Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center demonstrates that docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a crucial omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid, alleviates autism-like behavioral deficits…
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Neuromorphic Chip Decodes Brain’s Emotion Waves
Summary: Engineers at the Beijing Institute of Technology have engineered an ultra-efficient, brain-inspired computing framework that decodes emotional states from raw electroencephalography (EEG) signals with microsecond latency and microjoule energy…
The Dark Side of Bonding With AI Companions
Summary: A mixed-methods psychological investigation published in Psychology & Marketing reveals the profound emotional vulnerabilities experienced by people who form intimate bonds with artificial intelligence companions. Led by researchers from…
Viewpoint: The fragile (and often bizarre) MAHA-MAGA-far left health-and-chemicals coalition is fracturing. Here’s why
The Make America Healthy Again movement rallied voters around fears of industrial chemicals, pesticides and corporate agriculture — but the Republican administration it helped elect keeps siding with the chemical…
Single-Dose Psilocybin Lacks Lasting Behavioral Effects
Summary: A coordinated multi-laboratory investigation published in Nature Neuroscience challenges widespread assumptions regarding the enduring behavioral benefits of psychedelic compounds in animal models. Neuroscientists across five independent laboratories at UC…
Autism Alters Feedback Evaluation, Not Raw Perception
Summary: A neurocognitive electroencephalography (EEG) study led by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem reveals that autistic and non-autistic adults achieve identical perceptual accuracy on auditory tasks, but diverge…
How Your Brain Saves Nostalgia From Scandals
Summary: When an admired artist is embroiled in scandal, how does the mind preserve its past love for their work? A study from the University of South Florida, published in…
Dietary Lecithin Linked to Lower Cognitive Impairment
Summary: A cross-sectional epidemiological and targeted lipidomics study of 1,917 community-dwelling older adults reveals that higher dietary intake of lecithin, a major source of phosphatidylcholine, is significantly associated with a…
How to Map Brain Circuits Without Touching a Single Neuron
Summary: A mathematical and computational framework published in The Innovation resolves a foundational challenge in empirical science: determining genuine cause and effect in complex, non-linear systems without physical intervention. Developed…
Seabirds get jet lag, too — and it can throw them a bit off course
Jet lag isn’t just for travelers hurtling across time zones. Migratory birds may get it, too. Manx shearwaters (Puffinus puffinus) fly fast enough to experience jet lag, researchers report October…
