Neuropsychology and Neurology News

Zebrafish Study Helps ID Genes Linked to Autism, Schizophrenia

May 19th, 2012
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center recently transplanted a set of human genes into a zebrafish and then used it to identify genes responsible for head size at birth. Head size in human babies is related to autism, as well as other ...

Researchers Identify Red Flag for Autism in Infants

May 18th, 2012
Researchers Identify Red Flag for Autism in InfantsA new study has found that weak head and neck control in infants is a red flag for autism spectrum disorder ...

Repetitive Head Impacts Can Affect Learning in College Athletes

May 17th, 2012
Repetitive Head Impacts May Reduce Learning in College Athletes  A new study suggests that athletes who suffer head impacts during contact sports, such as ...

Genetic Test May Aid in Predicting Schizophrenia Risk

May 16th, 2012
Researchers Develop Test To Predict SchizophreniaResearchers have created a test that is able to predict whether a person is at a higher or lower risk of schizophrenia. Led by scientists at ...

Sugar Can Make You Stupid

May 16th, 2012
Sugar Makes You Stupid A new study out of the University of California-Los Angeles shows that a high-fructose diet sabotages learning and memory in rats. The study, published in the Journal of Physiology, ...

Study Finds No ‘God Spot’ in Brain, But Welter of Spiritual Connections

May 14th, 2012
Researcher Says There is No 'God Spot' In The BrainWhile scientists have speculated that the human brain features a “God spot,” a distinct area of the ...

Avoiding Traffic Jams in the Brain

May 13th, 2012
Avoiding Traffic Jams in the Brain  Brain networks — areas of the brain that regularly work together — might avoid traffic jams at their busiest intersections by communicating ...

The Biology of Forgetting

May 13th, 2012
The Biology of Forgetting While forgetting is normal, exactly how we forget — the brain processes guiding the process — has been, until now, poorly understood. But now scientists from the ...

Scans Show Psychopaths Have Brain Abnormalities

May 11th, 2012
Scans Show Psychopaths Have Brain AbnormalitiesNew research shows that psychopathy is linked to specific structural abnormalities in the brain. The study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry and led by ...

Reducing Specific Brain Activity May Slow Memory Loss

May 11th, 2012
Reducing Brain Activity Improves Memory, May Slow Alzheimer'sA study suggests a potential new therapy for improving memory and interrupting the progression of cognitive impairment that often leads to ...
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