Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have made a surprising discovery: during fetal development, a particular immune cell seems to play a key role in determining the male or female characteristics of the brain. Continue reading “Unexpected link between immune cells and male-female differences”
Neuroscience: How music meets mind
Whether tapping a foot to samba or weeping at a ballad, the human response to music seems almost instinctual. Yet few can articulate how music works. How do strings of sounds trigger emotion, inspire ideas, even define identities? Continue reading “Neuroscience: How music meets mind”
Infants can distinguish between leaders and bullies, study finds
A new study finds that 21-month-old infants can distinguish between respect-based power asserted by a leader and fear-based power wielded by a bully. Continue reading “Infants can distinguish between leaders and bullies, study finds”
Music ‘releases mood-enhancing chemical in the brain’
Music releases a chemical in the brain that has a key role in setting good moods, a study has suggested. Continue reading “Music ‘releases mood-enhancing chemical in the brain’”
Broadband internet causes sleep deprivation, a new study finds
About 200,000 working days are lost in Germany every year due to insufficient sleep, with an economic loss of $60bln, or about 1.6% of its GDP, according to a 2016 Report of the RAND Corporation. Francesco Billari and Luca Stella (Bocconi University), with Osea Giuntella (University of Pittsburgh), in a study just published in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, find that access to broadband Internet is one of the causes of such sleep deprivation. Continue reading “Broadband internet causes sleep deprivation, a new study finds”
Origins of the brain networks for advanced mathematics in expert mathematicians
Here we present the ‘Abstract‘ of the corresponding paper by Marie Amalric and Stanislas Dehaene. Continue reading “Origins of the brain networks for advanced mathematics in expert mathematicians”
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