• Music: Song lyrics have become simpler and more repetitive since 1980

    Updated: 2024-03-29 13:35:12
    : Skip to content Menu Follow Us On Substack Google News Twitter X FaceBook Bluesky Our Bloggers Search Music : Song lyrics have become simpler and more repetitive since 1980 March 29, 2024 Scientific Reports Note : We have been alerted to a potential error in some of the coding used by the authors in their analyses and are looking into this as a matter of urgency . The authors are confident that the main findings of the paper will remain unaltered , however some aspects may be affected and we have removed two sentences from the press release to reflect this . We will provide an update if there are further developments . We apologise for any inconvenience . caused The lyrics of English-language songs have become simpler and more repetitive over the past 40 years , according to a study

  • Brain’s Tagging System Determines Which Memories Become Permanent

    Updated: 2024-03-29 13:28:55
    Skip to content Menu Follow Us On Substack Google News Twitter X FaceBook Bluesky Our Bloggers Search Brain’s Tagging System Determines Which Memories Become Permanent March 29, 2024 University of Houston Neuroscientists have discovered a potential mechanism that determines which memories are tagged as important enough to become permanent during sleep , according to a new study led by researchers from NYU Grossman School of Medicine . The study , published online in the journal Science on March 28, focuses on brain cells called neurons and their electrical activity , which encodes . memories Large groups of neurons in the hippocampus , a brain region crucial for memory formation , fire together in rhythmic cycles called sharp wave-ripples . 8221 These shouts” to the rest of the brain

  • Study Debunks Myth: Sweeteners Don’t Increase Appetite, Help Reduce Blood Sugar

    Updated: 2024-03-29 13:25:26
    : , Skip to content Menu Follow Us On Substack Google News Twitter X FaceBook Bluesky Our Bloggers Search Study Debunks Myth : Sweeteners Don’t Increase Appetite , Help Reduce Blood Sugar March 29, 2024 University of Leeds A groundbreaking study has found that replacing sugar with artificial and natural sweeteners in foods does not increase appetite and can even help reduce blood sugar levels . The double-blind randomized controlled trial , considered the gold standard in scientific investigation , provides strong evidence that sweeteners and sweetness enhancers do not negatively impact appetite and can be beneficial for reducing sugar . intake The study , led by the University of Leeds in collaboration with the Rhône-Alpes Research Center for Human Nutrition , is part of the SWEET

  • AI-Designed Antibiotics Show Promise in Fighting Resistant Bacteria

    Updated: 2024-03-29 13:21:43
    Skip to content Menu Follow Us On Substack Google News Twitter X FaceBook Bluesky Our Bloggers Search AI-Designed Antibiotics Show Promise in Fighting Resistant Bacteria March 29, 2024 Stanford University Researchers at Stanford Medicine and McMaster University have developed a new artificial intelligence AI model called SyntheMol that has created six novel drug compounds aimed at combating antibiotic-resistant strains of Acinetobacter baumannii , a leading cause of antibiotic resistance-related deaths . The study , published on March 22 in the journal Nature Machine Intelligence , showcases the potential of generative AI in accelerating the development of new . antibiotics With nearly 5 million deaths linked to antibiotic resistance globally every year , finding new ways to fight

  • Starry Night Inspired Lizard Discovered in India

    Updated: 2024-03-29 13:18:38
    Skip to content Menu Follow Us On Substack Google News Twitter X FaceBook Bluesky Our Bloggers Search Starry Night Inspired Lizard Discovered in India March 29, 2024 Pensoft Publishers Cnemaspis vangoghi A group of scientists from the Thackeray Wildlife Foundation in India have discovered a new species of lizard in the Southern Western Ghats , which they named after the famous Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh . The striking coloration of the male lizards , with their yellow head and forebody and light blue spots on the back , reminded the researchers of Van Gogh’s iconic painting , The Starry Night . 8221 The new species , named Cnemaspis vangoghi , was found during an expedition in April 2022 to the Southern Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu , India . The researchers , Ishan Agarwal , Akshay

  • Cattle Vaccine Offers Hope in Fight Against Bovine Tuberculosis

    Updated: 2024-03-29 13:16:40
    Skip to content Menu Follow Us On Substack Google News Twitter X FaceBook Bluesky Our Bloggers Search Cattle Vaccine Offers Hope in Fight Against Bovine Tuberculosis March 29, 2024 Penn State Researchers have demonstrated that a vaccine for tuberculosis currently used in humans significantly reduces infectiousness of vaccinated livestock , improving prospects for elimination and control . A new study has shown that a vaccine currently used in humans to prevent tuberculosis TB can significantly reduce the infectiousness of vaccinated livestock , potentially leading to better control and elimination of bovine tuberculosis . The research , conducted by scientists from Penn State , Addis Ababa University , and the University of Cambridge , was published on March 28 in the journal . Science

  • Kombucha Microbes Mimic Fasting Effects, Study Finds

    Updated: 2024-03-29 13:11:20
    , Skip to content Menu Follow Us On Substack Google News Twitter X FaceBook Bluesky Our Bloggers Search Kombucha Microbes Mimic Fasting Effects , Study Finds March 29, 2024 PLOS ONE In a recent study , scientists discovered that the microbes found in the popular fermented drink kombucha tea can alter fat metabolism in the intestines of worms , similar to the effects of fasting . The research , led by Robert Dowen at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , was published on March 28 in the journal PLOS . Genetics Kombucha tea has gained popularity in recent years , with many claiming it has various health benefits , such as lowering blood pressure , preventing cancer , and protecting against metabolic disease and liver toxins . These benefits are thought to be linked to the drink’s

  • Older brain cells linger unexpectedly before their death

    Updated: 2024-03-28 15:49:57
    Skip to content Menu Follow Us On Substack Google News Twitter X FaceBook Bluesky Our Bloggers Search March 28, 2024 Dartmouth College A living-tissue model developed by Dartmouth researchers showed that a fatal trauma killed younger oligodendrocytes blue within 24 hours , while mature cells yellow took 45 days to die . For oligodendrocytes—the central nervous system cells critical for brain function—age may not bring wisdom , but it does come with the power to cling to life for much , much longer than scientists knew . That’s  according to a new study  featured on the March 27 cover of the  Journal of Neuroscience Mature oligodendrocytes took a shocking 45 days to die following a fatal trauma that killed younger cells within the expected 24 hours , Dartmouth researchers report .

  • From Earth to Mars: Transporting spin information at the speed of light

    Updated: 2024-03-28 15:48:03
    : Skip to content Menu Follow Us On Substack Google News Twitter X FaceBook Bluesky Our Bloggers Search From Earth to Mars : Transporting spin information at the speed of light March 28, 2024 University at Buffalo Scientists have used electrical pulses to manipulate magnetic information into a polarized light signal , a discovery that could revolutionize long-distance optical telecommunications , including between Earth and . Mars The breakthrough , described in a  study  published March 27 in  Nature involves the field of spintronics , which aims to manipulate the spin of electrons in order to store and process . information The researchers applied an electrical pulse to transfer this spin information from electrons to photons , the particles that make up light , allowing the

  • Ancient DNA reveals the appearance of a 6th century Chinese emperor

    Updated: 2024-03-28 15:46:22
    Skip to content Menu Follow Us On Substack Google News Twitter X FaceBook Bluesky Our Bloggers Search Ancient DNA reveals the appearance of a 6th century Chinese emperor March 28, 2024 Cell Press The facial reconstruction of Emperor Wu who was ethnically Xianbei What did an ancient Chinese emperor from 1,500 years ago look like A team of researchers reconstructed the face of Chinese Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou using DNA extracted from his remains . The study , published March 28 in the journal  Current Biology suggests the emperor†s death at the age of 36 might be linked to a stroke . It also sheds light on the origin and migration patterns of a nomadic empire that once ruled parts of northeastern . Asia Emperor Wu was a ruler of the Northern Zhou dynasty in ancient China . Under his

  • Familial Alzheimer’s disease transferred via bone marrow transplant in mice

    Updated: 2024-03-28 15:44:43
    Skip to content Menu Follow Us On Substack Google News Twitter X FaceBook Bluesky Our Bloggers Search Familial Alzheimer†s disease transferred via bone marrow transplant in mice March 28, 2024 Cell Press Familial Alzheimer†s disease can be transferred via bone marrow transplant , researchers show March 28 in the journal  Stem Cell Reports When the team transplanted bone marrow stem cells from mice carrying a hereditary version of Alzheimer†s disease into normal lab mice , the recipients developed Alzheimer†s disease—and at an accelerated . rate The study highlights the role of amyloid that originates outside of the brain in the development of Alzheimer†s disease , which changes the paradigm of Alzheimer†s from being a disease that is exclusively produced in the brain to a

  • Graft much? Doctors received $12 billion from drug, device makers between 2013-2022

    Updated: 2024-03-28 15:43:31
    , Skip to content Menu Follow Us On Substack Google News Twitter X FaceBook Bluesky Our Bloggers Search Graft much Doctors received 12 billion from drug , device makers between 2013-2022 March 28, 2024 Penn State Despite evidence that financial conflicts of interest may influence medical practice and research and may erode patient trust in medical professionals , these relationships remain . pervasive According to a new analysis of the Open Payments platform , a database that tracks payments between physicians and industry , a team led by a Penn State researcher found that doctors received approximately 12.1 billion from drug and device makers between 2013 and 2022. Their findings published today March 28 in  JAMA It†s one of the first studies to look at industry payments longitudinally

  • Killing cancer by making it overheat

    Updated: 2024-03-27 14:52:04
    Skip to content Menu Follow Us On Substack Google News Twitter X FaceBook Bluesky Our Bloggers Search Killing cancer by making it overheat March 27, 2024 Netherlands Cancer Institute In the fight against cancer , the prevailing approach has been to inhibit the processes that allow cancer cells to divide rapidly . However , this strategy often leads to cancer cells developing workarounds , rendering the tumor unresponsive to . treatment Matheus dos Santos Dias , a researcher , is taking a completely different approach – one that might seem counterintuitive at first . We’re going against the prevailing view that you can only fight cancer cells by inhibiting them , 8221 he explains . But we had strong evidence that it also works if you overstimulate and exhaust them . 8221 The idea behind

  • Unlocking the Role of Human Microglia in Alzheimer’s Disease

    Updated: 2024-03-27 14:40:52
    Skip to content Menu Follow Us On Substack Google News Twitter X FaceBook Bluesky Our Bloggers Search Unlocking the Role of Human Microglia in Alzheimer’s Disease March 27, 2024 Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie Microglia , the specialized immune cells in the brain , play a crucial role in Alzheimer’s disease AD but the exact mechanisms behind their contribution have been elusive due to the complexities involved in studying them in human brain . samples Now , a team of researchers has developed a breakthrough xenotransplantation model that is providing new insights into how human microglia respond to the disease . environment The study , led by Prof . Bart De Strooper UK-DRI UCL and VIB-KU Leuven and Prof . Renzo Mancuso VIB-UAntwerp was published in Nature Neuroscience . The

  • Researchers Identify Top Dementia Risk Factors

    Updated: 2024-03-27 13:02:34
    Skip to content Menu Follow Us On Substack Google News Twitter X FaceBook Bluesky Our Bloggers Search Researchers Identify Top Dementia Risk Factors March 27, 2024 University of Oxford Image caption : To the left of the figure , the red-yellow colour denotes the regions that degenerate earlier than the rest of the brain , and are vulnerable to Alzheimer†s disease . These brain areas are higher-order regions that process and combine information coming from our different senses . To the right of the figure , each dot represents the brain data from one UK Biobank participant . The overall curve shows that , in these particularly fragile regions of the brain , there is accelerated degeneration with age . Credit : G . Douaud and J . Manuello . In a new study published in Nature Communications

  • Brain changes over our lifetime.

    Updated: 2024-03-27 05:00:00
    This video from The Economist is one of the best I have seen for a popular audience. Hopefully the basic facts presented are slowly seeping throughout our culture..

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    Updated: 2024-03-26 21:28:12
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  • If you want to remember a landscape be sure to include a human....

    Updated: 2024-03-25 05:00:00
    : . Deric's MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , behavior , psychology , and politics as well as random curious stuff . Try the Dynamic Views at top of right column . Monday , March 25, 2024 If you want to remember a landscape be sure to include a human . Fascinating observations by Jimenez et . al on our inherent human drive to understand our vastly social world . and in the same issue of PNAS note this study on the importance of the social presence of either human or virtual instructors in multimedia instructional videos . Significance Writer Kurt Vonnegut once said if you describe a landscape or a seascape , or a cityscape , always be sure to include a human figure somewhere in the scene . Why Because readers are human beings , mostly interested in other human

  • The magic of spurious correlations...

    Updated: 2024-03-22 05:00:00
      have to pass on this link, sent to me by my techie son, Jonathan: nbsp;

  • Seven resources brain teasers and puzzles to celebrate Brain Awareness Week 2024 SharpBrains

    Updated: 2024-03-16 04:41:04
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  • Seven resources brain teasers and puzzles to celebrate Brain Awareness Week 2024 SharpBrains

    Updated: 2024-03-16 04:41:03
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  • Top Chicago medical centers join Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation to launch Chicago Breast Cancer

    Updated: 2024-03-16 04:39:17
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  • Explaining the evolution of gossip

    Updated: 2024-03-08 06:00:00
    : Deric's MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , behavior , psychology , and politics as well as random curious stuff . Try the Dynamic Views at top of right column . Friday , March 08, 2024 Explaining the evolution of gossip A fascinating open source article from Pan et . al Significance From Mesopotamian cities to industrialized nations , gossip has been at the center of bonding human groups . Yet the evolution of gossip remains a puzzle . The current article argues that gossip evolves because its dissemination of individuals’ reputations induces individuals to cooperate with those who gossip . As a result , gossipers proliferate as well as sustain the reputation system and cooperation . Abstract Gossip , the exchange of personal information about absent third

  • Executive Functions and Dysfunction in Brain Health and Brain Disorders Dates announced for Dr Elkho

    Updated: 2024-03-08 00:43:55
    : . Skip to content Tracking Health and Wellness Applications of Brain Science About In the News Mission Team Public Speaking Clients Endorsements Contact Us En Español Resources E‑Newsletter Solving the Brain Fitness Puzzle The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness Resources at a Glance Brain Teasers Top 25 Brain Teasers Games for Teens and Adults Brain Teasers for each Cognitive Ability More Mind Teasers Games for Adults of any Age Report : Pervasive Neurotechnology Report : Digital Brain Health Virtual Summits 2019 SharpBrains Virtual Summit 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit 2015 SharpBrains Virtual Summit Executive Functions and Dysfunction in Brain Health and Brain Disorders : Dates announced for Dr . Elkhonon Goldberg†s Symposium in Costa Rica March 7, 2024 SharpBrains No Comments We

  • Executive Functions and Dysfunction in Brain Health and Brain Disorders Dates announced for Dr Elkho

    Updated: 2024-03-08 00:43:55
    : . Skip to content Tracking Health and Wellness Applications of Brain Science About In the News Mission Team Public Speaking Clients Endorsements Contact Us En Español Resources E‑Newsletter Solving the Brain Fitness Puzzle The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness Resources at a Glance Brain Teasers Top 25 Brain Teasers Games for Teens and Adults Brain Teasers for each Cognitive Ability More Mind Teasers Games for Adults of any Age Report : Pervasive Neurotechnology Report : Digital Brain Health Virtual Summits 2019 SharpBrains Virtual Summit 2017 SharpBrains Virtual Summit 2015 SharpBrains Virtual Summit Executive Functions and Dysfunction in Brain Health and Brain Disorders : Dates announced for Dr . Elkhonon Goldberg†s Symposium in Costa Rica March 7, 2024 SharpBrains No Comments We

  • Deep learning models reveal sex differences in human functional brain organization that are replicable, generalizable, and behaviorally relevant

    Updated: 2024-03-06 06:00:00
    : , , Deric's MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , behavior , psychology , and politics as well as random curious stuff . Try the Dynamic Views at top of right column . Wednesday , March 06, 2024 Deep learning models reveal sex differences in human functional brain organization that are replicable , generalizable , and behaviorally relevant Ryali et . al do a massive analysis that argues strongly against the notion of a continuum in male-female brain organization , and underscore the crucial role of sex as a biological determinant in human brain organization and behavior . nbsp I pass on the significance and abstract statements . Motivated readers can obtain a PDF of the article from me . nbsp Significance Sex is an important biological factor that influences

  • Brains creating stories of selves: the neural basis of autobiographical reasoning

    Updated: 2024-03-04 06:00:00
    : : Deric's MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , behavior , psychology , and politics as well as random curious stuff . Try the Dynamic Views at top of right column . Monday , March 04, 2024 Brains creating stories of selves : the neural basis of autobiographical reasoning We all create our experienced selves from autobiographical reasoning based on remembered events in stories from our lives . In the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience D'Argembeau et al . nbsp open source do an interesting fMRI study observing brain areas that are active during this process that are not recruited by more simple factual recall of the . events A few days before the scanning session , participants selected a set of memories that have been important in developing and

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