A team of researchers has managed for the first time to monitor the brain of a chicken embryo and has shown that higher brain activity, which allows the execution of complex tasks, begins long before the egg hatches. The study, which is published in the journal Current Biology, involves researchers from the Carlos III University of Madrid.
Australian psychologists at the University of New South Wales have shown that gray, rainy days with unpleasant weather are good for the brain and memory, and improve the ability to remember. On the contrary, on sunny days our memory works worse.
At work, do you consider yourself a lazy person or rather dynamic and enterprising? The will that we exhibit when it comes to working depends, in large part, on the chemistry of our brain, according to a study just published in the Journal of Neuroscience.
Who has never seen a dog stare at its owner, without losing a detail of all its facial movements? It is clear that man's best friend watches and understands us, but how his brain represents these perceptions is a mystery. How does the dog distinguish man, by sight or by smell? Does it react to language in the same way that it responds to arbitrary sounds, or does it have specific neural structures? A group of researchers from Emory University (USA) has perfected a method to scan the brains of dogs using magnetic resonance techniques. The results of the first test, published in the journal PLoS ONE, show the region of the canine brain that is activated in response to signals from its owners.
If smoking a cigarette didn't give you any pleasure, would you stop? Scientists think so. For this reason, researchers at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a nanoparticle-based vaccine that stimulates the immune system to produce antibodies that "block" nicotine. In this way, the nicotine in cigarettes does not reach the brain. And if the brain does not feel the "pleasure" of smoking, the addiction can be eliminated.
Berries, especially strawberries and blueberries, can help keep the brain younger, according to a study by Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston (USA) published in the Annals of Neurology. The authors have shown that the consumption of these foods once or twice a week delays memory loss and maintains mental alertness in women thanks to their flavonoid content.
A recent study by Ohio State University (USA) reveals that human beings always perceive the same colors, regardless of the place and culture in which we were born, and that we even name and classify them in a similar way. Across cultures, researchers have observed a tendency to classify hundreds of various color hues into just eight categories: red, green, yellow or orange, blue, purple, brown, pink, and blue-green.
A team led by Professor of Psychology Ian Spence at the University of Toronto (Canada) reveals that playing an action video game, even for a short period of time, causes changes in brain activity and improves visual attention.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
