Protein hyper-interleukin-6, a “designer protein” that has to be produced via genetic engineering, enabled a paralyzed mouse to walk again.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Disagreeing Takes up a Lot of Brain Real Estate
When people agree, their brains display a synchrony of activity in sensory areas. When they disagree, may other brain regions associated with cognitive function become active.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Gut Microbes May Antagonize or Assist in Anorexia
Promoting and maintaining a better gut microbial balance may help to protect against symptoms of anorexia in those with the eating disorder.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Mindfulness Can Improve Mental Health and Wellbeing, but It’s Unlikely to Work for Everyone
In most community settings, compared with doing nothing, mindfulness reduced stress, anxiety, depression, and increased wellbeing. However, in some cases, mindfulness may be no better than other practices to reduce anxiety and depression.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Robot Displays a Glimmer of Empathy to a Partner Robot
Researchers have created a robot that can learn to visually predict how its partner will behave. This could help robots get along with other robots and humans more intuitively.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Study Delves Into Emotional Wellness in the Human Brain
NAA, a compound in the brain, plays a key role in emotional agency and flexibility in healthy people.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Vaping Could Cloud Your Thoughts
Adults and adolescents who use vaping products are more likely to experience problems with concentration, memory, and decision making than their peers who don’t vape or smoke. Those who began vaping before age 14 are more likely to experience “mental f…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Music-Induced Emotions Can Be Predicted From Brain Scans
Based on the activity in the auditory cortex and motor cortex, researchers were able to predict whether a participant was listening to music that was upbeat or sad.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Covering Faces Around Kids Won’t Mask Emotions
Even when a person’s face is covered by a surgical mask, children can ascertain their emotions based on other facial cues.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Neuroscientists Isolate Promising Mini Antibodies Against COVID-19 From a Llama
Researchers have isolated a set of antibodies from a llama which show promise for the treatment of COVID-19. The NIH-CoVnB-112 nanoantibody bound to ACE2 receptors up to ten times stronger than other lab-produced antibodies. The nanoantibody stuck dire…
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Do I Know You? Researchers Evaluate How Masks Disrupt Facial Perception
It may be harder to recognize familiar faces when they wear a surgical mask to protect against COVID-19, a new study reports. Researchers noted a 15% drop in the ability for people to recognize faces when they were masked.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Researchers Identify Bacteria That Promote Metabolic and Mental Health
B. longum APC1472 reduces blood glucose levels and reduces weight gain in mouse models. The bacteria also keep ghrelin, a hormone associated with hunger, and the stress hormone cortisol in check.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Machine Intelligence Accelerates Research Into Mapping Brains
Combining machine learning with MRI brain scans helps researchers provide a more accurate map of the brain.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Living Environment Affects the Microbiota and Health of Both Dogs and Their Owners
The living environment has a significant impact on the skin microbiota, but not gut bacteria, in both humans and dogs.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How Can You Declutter Your Mind?
If you want to conjure a new thought in your mind, you have to force yourself to stop ruminating on old thoughts. The insight could help with the treatment of PTSD and other disorders associated with rumination.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Mechanism to Balance Emotional Behavior
GABA accelerates the breakdown of endocannabinoids in the brain. Endocannabinoids are critical for emotional processing. The findings could lead to the development of new treatments for emotional behavioral disorders.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: A New Means of Neuronal Communication Discovered in the Human Brain
Researchers have identified a novel coupling mechanism that links neural networks in the human brain.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: In Pandemic, People Are Turning to Nature, Especially Women
People report spending more time relaxing and enjoying nature as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Women, especially, report spending more time outdoors during the pandemic.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Training Methods Based on Punishment Compromise Dog Welfare
Using aversive stimuli and punishments to train dogs leads to increased stress and anxiety in the animals.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Water May be an Effective Treatment for Metabolic Syndrome
Drinking water can suppress the vasopressin hormone receptor, mitigating obesity and metabolic syndrome in mice.
