A combined cognitive and fitness training helps restore older adults’ attention abilities to young adult levels
A new study found promising results for a combined physical fitness and cognitive intervention designed to enhance neuroplasticity in older...
Neuroimaging study uncovers a “striking” fact about personality and brain activity
Two neuroimaging studies using functional magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography showed that people with similar personalities tend to have similar...
Neuroimaging study suggests smartphone addiction may reduce the capacity for creativity
Researchers in China investigated the consequences of smartphone addiction on creativity. Using imaging technology, they measured cortical responses to creative...
Highly ruminative individuals with depression exhibit abnormalities in the neural processing of gastric interoception
Major depressive disorder is associated with altered interoception -- or the ability to sense the internal state of your body....
Five-month-old infants can identify the face of their mother in the blink of an eye
A new study using electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings of brain responses of five-month-old infants showed that they can individuate faces of...
Childhood obesity associated with reduced gray matter volume in the brain
Obesity is well-known to cause physical health issues, but can it also be detrimental to your mind? A study published...
Neuroimaging study finds wearing a COVID mask does not affect brain activity during cognitive tasks
A study compared magnetic resonance images of brains of 35 undergraduate students and found that imaging results were the same...
Study finds brain changes associated with ADHD remission
A recent study published in NeuroImage: Clinical used state-of-the-art neuroimaging techniques to determine what brain changes may cause childhood ADHD...
Neuroimaging study finds gray matter reductions in first-time fathers
New neuroscience research provides evidence that becoming a father results in brain structure alterations. The findings, published in Cerebral Cortex,...
Study on cognitive control in children with ADHD finds abnormal neural connectivity patterns in multiple brain regions
A new study has identified abnormal brain connectivity in children with ADHD. The findings have been published in Psychiatry Research:...
Appetite changes in depressed individuals linked to specific changes in the brain’s reward system
A new study has found that differences in the functional architecture of the brain are linked to appetite changes associated...
Neuroimaging study suggests serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment can improve brain ventricle volume
Psychiatric patients using serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRI) -- a commonly used type of antidepressant -- show significantly decreased ventricle volume...
Early-life unpredictability is linked to adverse neuropsychiatric outcomes in adulthood
It is human nature to want stability, but what happens when those needs are not met in childhood? A study...
Neurofeedback study finds evidence that triathletes are better at self-regulating their brain activity
New research suggests that athletes are not only better at self-regulating their physical activity, but also at self-regulating their brain...
Neuroimaging study suggests mental fatigue helps preserve the chemical integrity of the brain
Strenuous cognitive work leads to an accumulation of glutamate in the prefrontal cortex, according to new research published in the...