Summary: Recent research reveals that recognizing emotions through body language is not purely instinctual but culturally learned. Scientists in the US discovered that emotion category words like ‘disgust’ influence how…
Tag: neuroscience
Borderline Personality Disorder Linked to Increased Hospital Revisits
Summary: Patients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) are more likely to have recurrent hospital visits compared to those with other mental disorders. Analyzing over 86,000 episodes of care for…
Revolutionizing Memory Recall with Neural Prosthetics
Summary: Researchers made a landmark advancement in neural prosthetics, demonstrating the ability to recall specific memories using a newly developed memory decoding model (MDM). This breakthrough builds on previous research,…
Dance Your Way to Better Mental Health
Summary: Structured dance programs are as beneficial, and sometimes superior, to traditional physical activities for enhancing psychological and cognitive health. This systematic review and meta-analysis, involving a broad age range…
Cognitive benefits seen two years after bariatric surgery
Bariatric surgery (BS) is associated with cognitive benefits two years after surgery, according to a study published online Feb. 9 in JAMA Network Open. Emma Custers, from Radboud University Medical…
Using ion beams to improve brain microscopy
A close-up look at human brain tissue using a new technique developed by Benjamin Creekmore and colleagues. Credit: Benjamin Creekmore. Improving the way scientists can see the microscopic structures of…
Women Scan For Danger When Walking at Night
Summary: A new study highlights the stark differences in how men and women perceive safety while walking at night. Through an innovative use of heat maps generated by participants’ focus…
Predicting Psychosis Before Symptom Onset
Summary: Researchers developed a machine-learning tool that accurately identifies individuals at high risk of psychosis through MRI brain scans. This innovative approach, which achieved an 85% accuracy rate in training…
