Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Habibi A, Damasio A, Ilari B, Elliott Sachs M, Damasio H. Continue reading “Music training and child development: a review of recent findings from a longitudinal study”
Gut hormone and brown fat interact to tell the brain it’s time to stop eating
Researchers from Germany and Finland have shown that so-called “brown fat” interacts with the gut hormone secretin in mice to relay nutritional signals about fullness to the brain during a meal. The study, appearing November 15 in the journal Cell, bolsters our understanding of a long-suspected role of brown adipose tissue (BAT) — a type of body fat known to generate heat when an animal is cold — in the control of food intake. Continue reading “Gut hormone and brown fat interact to tell the brain it’s time to stop eating”
Childhood Music Training Induces Change in Micro and Macroscopic Brain Structure: Results from a Longitudinal Study
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Habibi, Damasio A, Ilari B, Veiga R, Joshi AA, Leahy RM, Haldar JP, Varadarajan D, Bhushan C, Damasio H. Continue reading “Childhood Music Training Induces Change in Micro and Macroscopic Brain Structure: Results from a Longitudinal Study”
The role of music and the brain development of children
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Joyanta Sarkar, Utpal Biswas. Continue reading “The role of music and the brain development of children”
Brain circuit helps us learn by watching others
It’s often said that experience is the best teacher, but the experiences of other people may be even better. If you saw a friend get chased by a neighborhood dog, for instance, you would learn to stay away from the dog without having to undergo that experience yourself. Continue reading “Brain circuit helps us learn by watching others”
How the brain decides what to learn
In order to learn about the world, an animal needs to do more than just pay attention to its surroundings. It also needs to learn which sights, sounds and sensations in its environment are the most important and monitor how the importance of those details change over time. Yet how humans and other animals track those details has remained a mystery. Continue reading “How the brain decides what to learn”
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