When we are busy with something that requires the use of sight, the brain reduces hearing to make it easy...

A research group under the leadership of Linköping University Professor Markus Heilig has identified an enzyme whose production is turned...

After just nine weeks of internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy, the brain of patients suffering from social anxiety disorder changes in...

Sticky resin from conifers contains substances that could relieve or cure epilepsy. Researchers at Linköping University have synthesized and tested...

A small ion pump in organic electronics is giving new hope to people suffering from severe nerve pain. Researchers at...

The first study drew the conclusion that people cooperate more if they are forced to make decisions when pressed for...

The inexorable spread of Alzheimer's disease through the brain leaves dead neurons and forgotten thoughts in its wake. Researchers at...

Toxic prions in the brain can be detected with self-illuminating polymers. The originators, at Linköping University in Sweden, has now...

Every thought, every movement, every heartbeat is controlled by lightning-quick electrical impulses in the brain, the muscles, and the heart....

How are 100 billion cells created, each with specific duties? The human brain is evidence that nature can achieve this....