Fifteen minutes of exercise creates optimal brain state for mastering new motor skills
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Study provides new insight into how autism might develop in the human brain
In a study published in Stem Cell Reports, a McGill team of scientists led by Dr. Carl Ernst, researcher at the...
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Genes associated with infantile forms of schizophrenia identified
Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (The Neuro) and McGill University have identified novel genes associated with a...
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Scientists discover a non-invasive method to detect Alzheimer’s disease
New research has drawn a link between changes in the brain's anatomy and biomarkers that are known to appear at...
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Research shows how the brain’s motor signals sharpen our ability to decipher complex sound flows
Whether it is dancing or just tapping one foot to the beat, we all experience how auditory signals like music...
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Scientists have found a way to improve memory with magnetic stimulation
The ability to remember sounds, and manipulate them in our minds, is incredibly important to our daily lives -- without...
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Scientists show brain’s own opioids involved in musical pleasure
The same brain-chemical system that mediates feelings of pleasure from sex, recreational drugs, and food is also critical to experiencing...
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Androgen deprivation therapy not associated with increased risk of Alzheimer disease
A large-scale, population based study led by Dr. Laurent Azoulay, Senior Investigator with the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish...
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Lack of joy from music linked to brain disconnection
Have you ever met someone who just wasn't into music? They may have a condition called specific musical anhedonia, which...
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Gene discovered to cause rare, severe neurological disease called epileptic encephalopathy
Researchers have linked a debilitating neurological disease in children to mutations in a gene that regulates neuronal development through control...
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Brain’s biological clock stimulates thirst before sleep
The brain's biological clock stimulates thirst in the hours before sleep, according to a study published in the journal Nature...
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The truth about lying? Children’s perceptions get more nuanced with age
Parents don't like it when children lie. But what do the kids themselves think about it? New research suggests truth...
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Cannabinoids improve low-light vision of tadpoles by sensitizing retinal cells
A multidisciplinary team including researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute has improved our understanding of how cannabinoids, the active agent...
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Scientists use functional brain imaging to see how Sting’s mind organizes music
What does the 1960s Beatles hit "Girl" have in common with Astor Piazolla's evocative tango composition "Libertango"? Probably not much,...
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Depression screening tools not accurate for children and adolescents
In Canada and the U.S., doctors are increasingly being encouraged to try to identify depression in children and adolescents -...
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