Stories tagged "brain"

Synaesthesia is well studied in adults and is thought to be a result of unusual connections created during brain development, but it has been hardly studied in children - until now.

It's Not a Tumor - Doctors Find Worm In Woman's Brain Instead, Doctors in Arizona thought a Phoenix-area woman had a possible brain tumor, but it turned out there was something else penetrating her brain � a worm.

Japanese research team, led by Prof. Ryuichi Shigemoto in National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Dr. Yoshiaki Shinohara and his colleagues found that synaptic size and shape in the center of the spatial memory (i.e., hippocampus) were asymmetrical

During menstruation, women's brain activity caused by stress switches sides to mitigate the effect of hormonal changes

Learning the name of a color changes the part of the brain that's at work.

Why do songs get stuck in my head, you might wonder. The phenomenon is called an earworm -- learn why songs can get stuck in your head.

Eating solely vegetarian food leads to decrease in the brain volume as we age, so the scientists warn against excluding fish and meat from diet.

A new study in the advance edition of the American Journal of Psychiatry reveals shape differences in the brains of children with ADHD. Researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Johns Hopkins Center for Imaging Science used a new tool, large

Connections between nerve cells remain intact even when temporarily put out of service.

Leading neuroscientists gathered at this C250 symposium to discuss the accomplishments and limitations of reductionist and holistic approaches to examining the nervous system and mental functions.