A Wayne State University professor has been selected as an Early Career Policy Ambassador (ECPA) by the Society for Neuroscience (SfN). Those chosen will engage in various advocacy initiatives in partnership with SfN.
In Rutgers Health study, nearly 40% of participants surveyed reported hearing gunshots multiple times throughout their lives
Military leaders excel and succeed by being decisive, intelligent, and charismatic.
New study helps explain the mechanisms by which nitrous oxide affects the brain, potentially offering insights that could help relieve treatment-resistant depression.
One of the latest neuromodulation therapies available at UTSW’s Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute is transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). This therapy uses external magnets and coils to depolarize affected neurons, “resetting” the connected networks to restore normal function.
A multidisciplinary team of UT Southwestern Medical Center specialists, led by Nader Pouratian, M.D., Ph.D., and Peter Tsai, M.D., Ph.D., has received a grant worth up to $5 million from the Raynor Cerebellum Project to develop neuromodulation therapies for patients with cerebellar disorders of the brain.
A new study looks at differences in music listening habits between young adults with ADHD and their neurotypical peers.
Before she starts to break down what parents with sick newborns should look for in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), neonatologist Rachel Chapman, MD, says she first needs one key piece of information.“It depends on why you need a NICU,” she says—meaning, how serious is your baby’s condition? Dr. Chapman is Medical Director of the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Newborn and Infant Critical Care Unit (NICCU) at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
Knowing how to spot trustworthy health information can help you make informed choices about your own health and the health of those around you—and avoid the real risks of taking health fiction as fact. We asked communication researchers how to assess whether a piece of health information is the real deal.
In a recent study supported by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the Army Research Institute, University of Notre Dame psychologist Matthew Robison documented a phenomenon in eye movement — or “oculomotor dynamics” — that links a steady, focused gaze with superior levels of performance.
Who are the alt-right, and what do they stand for? The term is broad — an alt-right supporter could be anyone from an armed insurrectionist to an armchair political pundit — but they tend to have one thing in common. According to new research involving faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York, people who identify as alt-right tend to be “system justifiers” who want to maintain the traditional status quo as an antidote to insecurity.
In a study that used large language models to analyze healthcare records of Quebec francophone children, scientists argue that current criteria for diagnosing autism are in need of revision.
According to a study by Marie-Colombe Afota, how people see themselves plays an important role in their intense—and sometimes toxic—approach to work.
A majority of Nebraskans say they are not lonely, but about a third report feeling lonely at least some of the time — and reported loneliness is higher among younger, unemployed, single and lower-income residents.
As more companies and governments issue often unpopular return-to-office mandates, there’s still very little evidence about how remote work compares to in-person settings, especially when it comes to communication, which is the foundation of collaboration.
A major new international study exploring the long-term relationship between job and life satisfaction shows that personal happiness is the major driver for a satisfying work life, not the other way around.
UCLA Health researchers have helped to develop a new digital toolbox to create a “common language” for brain network studies, potentially accelerating new discoveries and treatments for neurological and psychiatric conditions.
El humo se ha disipado, pero los niños afectados por los incendios forestales de enero en Los Ángeles todavía pueden estar procesando su dolor.
The smoke has cleared, but children affected by Los Angeles’ January wildfires may still be processing their grief. Parents can help by keeping lines of communication open and helping children, tweens and teens feel a sense of control, said Rebecca Hedrick, MD, a Cedars-Sinai child and adolescent psychiatrist.
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