Drinking at least a glass of milk a day could have a positive effect on the brain and mental performance, according to a study published in the International Dairy Journal. The researchers found that adults who drank more milk and dairy products scored significantly higher on tests of memory and brain function than those who drank little or no milk.
Why are more and more people suffering from depression? A group of scientists from the Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Center has verified that mutations in the human protein Tau induce this disorder in mice. This protein is found in neurons and its alterations are related to some neurodegenerative diseases.
Brain scans of people under the influence of psilocybin, the hallucinogenic active ingredient in "magic mushrooms," have provided scientists with the most detailed picture to date of how psychedelic drugs work at the brain level. The findings are published this week in two scientific journals.
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute have scientifically proven something we already suspected: that it is enough to look at a delicious-looking plate of food to stimulate greed. Specifically, it increases the blood concentration of the ghrelin hormone, also known as the hunger hormone, responsible for the sensation of appetite.
The more sex we have, the more stress levels are reduced. This is clear from a recent study carried out by Benedetta Leuner and her colleagues from the Institute of Neuroscience at Princeton University (USA), which was reported in the scientific journal PLoS One.
Two researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles have developed a mathematical model based on the behavior of a serial killer, the Ukrainian Andrei Chikatilo, arrested on November 20, 1990, who confessed to 56 murders over the course of 12 years, and was executed in 1994.
Internet addiction syndrome may be associated with an abnormal structure of the white matter of the brain, which occupies almost half of our thinking organ, according to an article published in the journal "PLoS ONE". These structural features may be related to behavioral disturbances.
Many times we have found ourselves in front of a mountain whose rocks were shaped like a human face, or we know stories like that of the woman who thought she saw Jesus in the tortilla she was about to eat. But, what is the mechanism by which our brain makes sure whether or not what we see is a real face?
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.
