Tag: brains

Research explains why high fat diet could reduce brain’s ability to regulate food intake

The development of medicines for the condition may be aided by a better understanding of the brain's function and the intricate mechanisms that underlie overeating, a behaviour that can result in weight gain and obesity.

January 29, 2023

New study demonstrates how whales protect their brains while swimming

The researchers gathered biomechanic information from 11 cetacean species, such as fluking frequency, and fed them into a computer model.

September 25, 2022

Lab-grown ‘mini brains’ to pave way for dementia treatment

UK researchers have developed 'mini brains' that allow them to study a fatal and untreatable neurological disorder causing paralysis and dementia.

October 22, 2021

Magic mushrooms may ‘reset’ depressed brains

'Magic mushrooms' may help reduce symptoms of depression as well as "reset" brain activity in affected patients.

October 14, 2017

Ringing in ears cause brain to stay more at attention

Tinnitus, a chronic ringing or buzzing in the ears, is associated with changes in certain networks in the brain, and those changes cause the brain to stay more at attention and less at rest, a research has found. While the buzzing in the ears condition has eluded medical treatment and scientific understanding, the finding provides...

August 27, 2017

Our brains sync when we converse with each other

Having a conversation may cause the brainwaves of two people to synchronise, a study has found. Researchers from Basque Centre on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) in Spain analysed the complex neuronal activity of two strangers who held a conversation for the first time. By recording cerebral electrical activity the team found that the neuronal...

July 24, 2017

Facebook will soon let you type with your brain

Giving a glimpse of what is going on at its secret "Building 8" research group, Facebook has said it is working on a way to let people type with their brains — at speeds faster than physical typing — via a brain-computer interface. "We are working on a system that will let people type with...

April 20, 2017