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 -…
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Study shows development of face recognition entails brain tissue growth
People are born with brains riddled with excess neural connections. Those are slowly pruned back until early childhood when, scientists…
Portions of the brain fall asleep and wake back up all the time, researchers find
When we are in a deep slumber our brain’s activity ebbs and flows in big, obvious waves, like watching a…
Brain-sensing technology allows monkeys to type at 12 words per minute
It does not take an infinite number of monkeys to type a passage of Shakespeare. Instead, it takes a single…
Odds are good that risky gambling choices are influenced by a single brain connection
One person’s risky bet is another’s exciting opportunity. The difference between those outlooks comes down to more than just disposition:…
Juvenile inmates have more mental health hospitalizations, Stanford study finds
Juvenile inmates are much more likely to be hospitalized for mental health problems than children and teenagers who are not…
Research suggests football helmet tests may not account for concussion-prone actions
When modern football helmets were introduced, they all but eliminated traumatic skull fractures caused by blunt force impacts. Mounting evidence,…
Scientists show fMRI memory detectors can be easily fooled
For the past several years, Anthony Wagner has been developing a computer program that can read a person’s brain scan…
Study on brain waves shows how different teaching methods affect reading development
Beginning readers who focus on letter-sound relationships, or phonics, instead of trying to learn whole words, increase activity in the…
Stanford biologists explore link between memory deficit and misfiring circadian clock
Anyone who has struggled with a foggy brain while adjusting to daylight saving time knows first-hand how an out-of-sync circadian…
Stanford study finds brain abnormalities in chronic fatigue patients
An imaging study by Stanford University School of Medicine investigators has found distinct differences between the brains of patients with…
Eye implant developed at Stanford could lead to better glaucoma treatments
For the 2.2 million Americans battling glaucoma, the main course of action for staving off blindness involves weekly visits to…
Seeing the inner workings of the brain made easier by new technique from Stanford scientists
Last year Karl Deisseroth, a Stanford professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, announced a new way of peering into a brain…
Blocking brain’s ‘internal marijuana’ may trigger early Alzheimer’s deficits, study shows
A new study led by investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine has implicated the blocking of endocannabinoids —…
Infusion of young blood recharges brains of old mice, Stanford study finds
Something — or some things — in the blood of young mice has the ability to restore mental capabilities in…