Smokers at greater risk of codeine addiction
A new research has revealed that nicotine gives brain more codeine relief, putting smokers at a higher risk for addiction.
Oct 17, 2015, 16:18 PM IST
Reward and daytime nap boost memory
Giving children rewards and allowing them a short nap after a period of learning can significantly boost their ability to remember new facts and skills for a long period, new research suggests.
Oct 17, 2015, 14:20 PM IST
Scientists create artificial 'skin' that could feel sensation
This is the first time a flexible, skin-like material has been able to detect pressure and also transmit a signal to a component of the nervous system.
Oct 16, 2015, 08:43 AM IST
Magnetic energy can affect brain's perception of God
Our belief in God and prejudice towards immigrants can be reduced by directing magnetic energy into a specific region of the brain, researchers have found.
Oct 14, 2015, 19:35 PM IST
Scientists create virtual rat brain
Scientists have created a virtual rat brain made up of 30,000 neurons, 55 layers of cells and 207 different neuron subtypes.
Oct 11, 2015, 20:44 PM IST
NASA studying how zero gravity affects the brain
NASA-funded researchers are studying brain structures and functions of the astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to understand how brain changes in space and ways to deal with those changes.
Oct 11, 2015, 19:52 PM IST
How our brains control direction of thoughts
Looking for the mechanisms behind cognitive control of thought, a team of researchers have tried answering how the brain determines which direction to let its thoughts fly.
Oct 11, 2015, 09:29 AM IST
Brain's response to others' good news depends on empathy
The way our brain responds to others' good fortune is linked to how empathetic people report themselves to be, according to new research.
Oct 10, 2015, 13:19 PM IST
Digitally building a piece of brain
Scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, have been trying to digitally reconstruct a section of juvenile rat brain.
Oct 09, 2015, 20:51 PM IST
Non-invasive 'brain palpation' may detect Alzheimer's
The brain cannot be palpated without using a highly invasive procedure, but researchers have now developed a noninvasive brain imaging method using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that provides the same information as physical palpation.
Oct 08, 2015, 23:14 PM IST
One neuron may have over 1,000 mutations
A new research has found that a single neuron in a normal adult brain has more than a thousand genetic mutations.
Oct 05, 2015, 11:39 AM IST
Decoded: How brain perceives social threat interactions
In a first, scientists have recorded a glimpse of the brain remembering and recalling the memory of negative social interactions.
Oct 03, 2015, 16:09 PM IST
High-fructose diet hampers recovery from brain injury
A diet high in processed foods which are often sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup may impair the brains' ability to heal after serious head injury, warn researchers.
Oct 03, 2015, 15:23 PM IST
Action video games best for improving attention skill, cognitive functions, says SAGE study
A new study has revealed that action-packed video games improve brain function.
Oct 02, 2015, 17:16 PM IST
Recipe for a working mini-brain is here
A team of US researchers has described how to make an inexpensive, working - but not thinking - miniature brain for drug testing, to test neural tissue transplants or to experiment with how stem cells work in the lab.
Oct 02, 2015, 17:09 PM IST
Are you positive about life? Thank your brain first
If you are generally positive about life and inspires others too to lead a happy life, chances are that you harbour a special set of brain connections not found in people with negative thoughts, researchers report.
Sep 29, 2015, 18:50 PM IST
Large study on how substance use affects young brains launched
The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Friday awarded 13 grants to research institutions around the country as part of a landmark study about the effects of adolescent substance use on the developing brain.
Sep 26, 2015, 16:13 PM IST
Childhood brain tumours affect working memory of survivors
Survivors of childhood brain tumours have lower working memory performance in adulthood compared to healthy adults, new research has found.
Sep 26, 2015, 15:59 PM IST
Neural mechanism responsible for fat breakdown
From brain, to fat, to weight loss, a new study has revealed the neural mechanism responsible for fat breakdown.
Sep 25, 2015, 15:41 PM IST
How brain encodes memory of time and place
Neuroscientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified a brain circuit that processes the “when” and “where” components of memory.
Sep 24, 2015, 16:35 PM IST
