Everyone Was Wrong About Antipsychotics
Next, Parker wondered how general this effect is. Most antipsychotics developed over the past 70 years stick to dopamine receptors, but a new generation binds to other sites, like acetylcholine …
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Chronic Illness TikTok Through the Eyes of a Doctor
One of my assignments in my third year of medical school was to ask a clinic patient if I could visit him at home. The point of the exercise (slightly …
Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder—but Memorability May Be Universal
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Imagine spending a weekend afternoon with friends at an art museum: nodding with crossed arms, desperately searching for something insightful to say. The vast majority of paintings you stroll past …
Almost All Research on the Mind Is in English. That’s a Problem | WIRED
The world of brain research has a secret flaw. For decades, studies into how the mind works have been carried out primarily by English-speaking scientists on English-speaking participants. Yet their …
Pure Oxygen Speeds Up Learning. Can It Help Stroke Survivors Recover?
As a physical therapist in Shanghai, Zheng Wang worked with people recovering from strokes after their brains had been damaged by oxygen deprivation. They usually followed a predictable recovery pattern, …
Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head—and How to Stop Them
Music that is simple, repetitive, and easy to sing (or hum) is most likely to get stuck. Think Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers,” and Queen’s classic “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and the title-says-it-all track …
To Understand the Human Brain, Give an Octopus MDMA
Gideon Lichfield: I’m sure it will be if it isn’t already. No, totally, I think we’re gonna get a hydroponic organic psilocybin encased in artisanal, ethically sourced chocolate harvested from …
One Shot of a Kidney Protein Gave Monkeys a Brain Boost
For that study, the team also engineered mice to have higher than normal levels of the protein—these mice performed better on maze tests than normal mice. In the current study, …
Old Memories Can Prime Brains to Make New Ones
The tiny foragers are also “remarkable learners” that can remember something after a single exposure to it, Crossley said. In the new study, the researchers peered deep into the snails’ …
Realistic Graphics Can Open Real Dialog Around Game Violence
If you’ve spent any time playing Dead Island 2, chances are you’ve noticed the game’s progressive damage system. The Fully Locational Evisceration System for Humanoids, or FLESH, as developer Dambuster …