Neuropsychology and Neurology News

Sleep Aids Performance of Musical Motor Skills

April 16th, 2013
Sleep Aids Performance of Musical Motor SkillsA new study discovers that sleep can help a musician play a newly introduced melody better the next day. However, researchers also found that gains in ...

How Do Bipolar Drugs Work?

April 12th, 2013
How Do Bipolar Drugs Work? Although modern pharmacology has developed formulas to aid people with mental illness, the method by which the drugs actually work is often ...

Brain’s Filing System Helps to Optimize Everyday Activities

April 11th, 2013
Brains Filing System Helps to Optimize Everyday ActivitiesNew research investigates the manner in which the brain sorts out priorities and keeps processes organized. For example, your brain knows it's time to cook ...

Mouse Study Shows How Prenatal Stress Can Impact Kids in Later Life

April 8th, 2013
Mouse Study Shows How Prenatal Stress Can Impact Kids in Later Life An emerging area of study involves the role by which prenatal exposure to environmental factors can influence fetal development and increase ...

Girls May Improve Spatial Ability by Playing More Boy Games

April 8th, 2013
Girls May Improve Spatial Ability by Playing More Boy GamesThough general intelligence is about the same for males and females, studies consistently find that overall, men do better in tests of spatial ability. A ...

Brain Learns to Manage Stress Early in Life

April 8th, 2013
Brain Learns to Manage Stress Early in Life Provocative new animal research suggests that the ability to manage stress is not genetically hardwired into our brain. Rather the brain learns from early experiences ...

Brain Scans May Reveal Early Signs of Schizophrenia

April 6th, 2013
Brain Scans May Reveal Early Signs of SchizophreniaAs much as a decade before most schizophrenia patients begin showing obvious symptoms, brain scans may be able to detect signs of the disease, according ...

Little Evidence Supporting Most Treatments to Prevent PTSD

April 3rd, 2013
Little Evidence Supporting Most Treatments to Prevent PTSDExposure to trauma may cause an individual to experience some of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), such as flashbacks, emotional numbing and difficulty ...

‘Memory Molecule’ ID’d in Fruit Fly Study

April 1st, 2013
'Memory Molecule' ID'd in Fruit Fly StudyResearchers studying fruit flies report identifying a key molecule that triggers the chemical processes of memory formation. The finding, published in the journal Frontiers in Neural Circuits, ...

Brain Scans Could Predict Future Criminal Behavior

March 31st, 2013
Brain Scans Could Predict Future Criminal Behavior  Neuroimaging data could help researchers predict whether a criminal will break the law again once released from prison, according to a new study. The study ...