Brain scans could help doctors predict adolescents’ problem drug use before it starts
There's an idea out there of what a drug-addled teen is supposed to look like: impulsive, unconscientious, smart, perhaps -...
Read moreThere's an idea out there of what a drug-addled teen is supposed to look like: impulsive, unconscientious, smart, perhaps -...
Read morePeople are born with brains riddled with excess neural connections. Those are slowly pruned back until early childhood when, scientists...
Read moreWhen we are in a deep slumber our brain's activity ebbs and flows in big, obvious waves, like watching a...
Read moreIt does not take an infinite number of monkeys to type a passage of Shakespeare. Instead, it takes a single...
Read moreOne person's risky bet is another's exciting opportunity. The difference between those outlooks comes down to more than just disposition:...
Read moreWhen modern football helmets were introduced, they all but eliminated traumatic skull fractures caused by blunt force impacts. Mounting evidence,...
Read moreFor the past several years, Anthony Wagner has been developing a computer program that can read a person's brain scan...
Read moreBeginning readers who focus on letter-sound relationships, or phonics, instead of trying to learn whole words, increase activity in the...
Read moreAnyone who has struggled with a foggy brain while adjusting to daylight saving time knows first-hand how an out-of-sync circadian...
Read moreAn imaging study by Stanford University School of Medicine investigators has found distinct differences between the brains of patients with...
Read moreFor the 2.2 million Americans battling glaucoma, the main course of action for staving off blindness involves weekly visits to...
Read moreSomething — or some things — in the blood of young mice has the ability to restore mental capabilities in...
Read moreIn 2005, a Stanford University scientist discovered how to switch brain cells on or off with light pulses by using...
Read moreFifty years of research has revealed the sad truth that the children of lower-income, less-educated parents typically enter school with...
Read moreThe learning and physical disabilities that affect people with Down syndrome may be due at least in part to defective...
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