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Getting autism right

September 16, 2024 by - No Comment

Getting autism right

Contrary to common perceptions and years of research that autistic people can’t describe their emotions or often have muted emotional responses, a new study concludes that many autistic adults are in fact acutely aware of their feelings and can label t…

Vital language sites in brain act like connectors in a social network

When surgeons perform brain surgery on people with brain tumors or epilepsy, they need to remove the tumor or abnormal tissue while preserving parts of the brain that control language and movement. A new study may better inform doctors’ decisions about…

Wildfire smoke exposure boost risk of mental illness in youth, study suggests

Each additional day of exposure to wildfire smoke and other extreme forms of dirty air boosts risk of mental illness in youth a little more, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study of 10,000 9 to 11 year olds.

Wearable brain imaging device shines a light on how babies respond in real-world situations

A technology which uses harmless light waves to measure activity in babies’ brains has provided the most complete picture to date of brain functions like hearing, vision and cognitive processing outside a conventional, restrictive brain scanner.

Spiny mice point the way to new path in social neuroscience

Scientists zeroed in on brain circuitry powering the desire of spiny mice to live in large groups, opening the door to a new model for the study of complex social behaviors in mammals.

Researchers uncover shared cellular mechanisms across three major dementias

Researchers have for the first time identified degeneration-associated ‘molecular markers’ — observable changes in cells and their gene-regulating networks — that are shared by several forms of dementia that affect different regions of the brain. Cri…

Boosting brain protein levels may slow decline from Alzheimer’s

A study found that new monoclonal antibody drugs for Alzheimer’s may slow cognitive impairment through boosting levels of a specific protein in the brain.

Brain-wide decision-making dynamics discovered

Neuroscientists have revealed how sensory input is transformed into motor action across multiple brain regions in mice. The research shows that decision-making is a global process across the brain that is coordinated by learning. The findings could aid…

Researchers combine the power of AI and the connectome to predict brain cell activity

With maps of the connections between neurons and artificial intelligence methods, researchers can now do what they never thought possible: predict the activity of individual neurons without making a single measurement in a living brain.

Delayed feedback enhances learning performance in individuals with traumatic brain injury, study indicates

Researchers have published a novel study exploring the effects of delayed feedback on learning in individuals with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury. The goal of this study was to assess the effects of delayed vs. immediate performance feedback…