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Dementia looks different in brains of Latinos
March 12, 2019
A first-of-its-kind study has uncovered dramatic racial differences in the brains of those with dementia.
Adolescents have a fundamental need to contribute
February 27, 2019
Teens get a bad rap as selfish, dangerous risk-takers, but neuroscience and psychology are revising that image.
Finding the elusive drinking ‘brake’
February 20, 2019
New research has uncovered a mechanism that helps us modulate our drinking — when it functions properly.
Sleep loss truly causes you pain
January 30, 2019
Going without sleep heightens pain sensitivity and dulls the brain’s painkilling response.
Study identifies a new way by which the human brain marks time
January 17, 2019
With a little help from HBO's “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” scientists learn more about how we process the flow of time.
Can artificial intelligence tell a polar bear from a can opener?
January 9, 2019
How closely do deep learning computer networks mimic the human brain? There's still a long way to go, psychologists find.
Artificial intelligence can detect Alzheimer’s disease in brain scans 6 years before a diagnosis
January 4, 2019
A machine-learning algorithm diagnosed early-stage Alzheimer’s disease using a common PET scan.
Graduate student’s steerable brain device wins big at inventors competition
January 3, 2019
Gopesh Tilvawala is developing a first-of-its-kind catheter to navigate tiny arteries in the brain.
Sex chromosomes hold the secret to female longevity
December 18, 2018
Two X’s and ovaries extend life and protect mice from aging.
Can space help us understand our cells?
December 5, 2018
A UCLA scientist looks to space for possible treatment of some neurological diseases.