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…
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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…
Some of the world’s biggest bats are getting smaller
These big bats aren’t quite the behemoths they used to be. With a leathery wingspan of up to a meter and a half, fruit bats —some of which are called…
Nearly Half of Distressed Adults Use AI for Therapy
Summary: A survey study led by researchers at Tel-Hai University of Kiryat Shmona reveals that almost one in three Israeli adults using general-purpose generative AI tools rely on platforms like…
