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Study reveals new insights into rare chronic pain condition

Scientists are studying whether symptoms could be reduced by therapies used to treat attention problems in people with brain injuries.

11 Jul 2017 9:17 AM

FOMO and YOLO factor : Phrases like ‘Fear of Missing Out’ and ‘You Only Live Once’ are now doing more harm than good to impressionable young minds. (Photo: Youtube)

Five ways to escape mass social conditioning

Watch a game but make sure you play it too. Money and fame are reserved for the players, not the spectators.

10 Jul 2017 1:22 AM

Drinking during pregnancy can risk generations

Researchers can begin to create novel therapies and methods of prevention after new findings.

08 Jul 2017 8:40 AM

Menstruation does not affect brain function: study

Researchers examined the three aspects of cognition across two menstrual cycles.

04 Jul 2017 6:08 PM

New AI system can read your mind

The new 'mind reading' artificial intelligence system that can decode complex human thoughts just by measuring brain activity.

27 Jun 2017 4:25 PM

Video games can rewire your brain: study

The average age of gamers has been increasing, and was estimated to be 35 in 2016.

26 Jun 2017 5:41 PM

Anti-epilepsy drug to treat Alzheimer's disease?

Researchers documented changes in patients' EEGs that suggest the drug could have a beneficial effect.

25 Jun 2017 1:00 PM

Recent study suggests that teenagers should eat walnut if they want their brain to stay healthy into old age and avoid anxiety (Photo: Pixabay)

Eating walnuts as teens makes brain healthy later

Study suggests having food rich in Omega-3 fatty acids help body stay well as adults

20 Jun 2017 4:21 PM

Problems with these small blood vessels can also affect the eyes, the nerves, the skin and the kidneys.(Photo: Pixabay)

Tiny blood vessel damage linked to depression in adults: study

Here's what researchers discovered.

02 Jun 2017 11:52 AM

In short, your brain activity at rest tells a lot about how you see the half-glass!

Half full or Half Empty

The proverbial example of judging the glass as being half full or half empty is another example that invokes your ‘affective’ brain.

24 May 2017 12:15 AM

In his book, Deviate, world renowned neuroscientist and TED speaker Beau Lotto, takes the readers on a journey of how we perceive things and tries to explain how our own perception works.

Book trail: Reality and perception: how we see the world

It is a fact of neuroscience that everything we experience is a figment of our imagination.

21 May 2017 2:40 AM

Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have taken Magnetic Resonance Imaging or MRI scans to a whole new level.

Peeping tom: Reading minds, erasing thoughts

Scientists say if Reading minds could soon be a reality, erasing of thoughts is not far behind.

21 May 2017 2:34 AM

While these advances may be beneficial for individuals and society, there is a risk that the technology could be misused and create unprecedented threats to personal freedom.

Hacker may steal data from brain via ‘Mind reading’ tech in future

New advances in neuro-technology could put the 'freedom of the mind' at risk, according to researchers

01 May 2017 9:24 AM

Gene overexpression or a loss of gene function cause various neurodevelopmental disorders that can be cured by the protein. (Photo: Pixabay)

New protein can help repair intellectual defects in brain

Altering the activity of a gene called HUWE1 can help better communication

26 Apr 2017 9:05 AM

Facebook also aims to make the system fast enough so that people can type 100 words a minute just by thinking.

Facebook gives peek inside unit studying brain-to-text technology

Facebook's goal, working with researchers at several US universities, is to make the system non-invasive

20 Apr 2017 7:44 AM

The first and easy sign can be found in the eyes.

Poisoned by copper

The only way to diagnose Wilson’s disease is through the eyes. Dr M.S. Sridhar shares his insight on the rare inherited disease.

03 Apr 2017 12:41 AM

The scientific community too is just as fascinated as the rest of the world by this after-death phenomenon.

Grey area: When is a dead person really dead?

Did you know that even after someone has been declared dead, the brain can continue to remain active for 10 minutes?

02 Apr 2017 5:58 AM

Bullet lodged near brain of Yemen citizen removed

Naseer suffered the injury when Houthi rebels stormed his house in Yemen.

02 Apr 2017 2:32 AM

The identification of these gene-to-behaviour relationships will help in research of memory function and dysfunction. (Photo: Pixabay)

Over 100 genes linked to memory in humans identified

It will help understand the molecular mechanisms supporting human memory and cure memory issues

27 Mar 2017 5:29 PM

The fat leads to the risk of cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes. (Photo: Pixabay)

Risk of heart disease higher in childhood brain tumour survivors

The survivors have a lot of fat that accumulates around the abdomen which later leads to problems

25 Mar 2017 9:00 AM

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