1+ hour, 43+ min ago  (383+ words) Summary: A new study demonstrated that women who endured Nazi persecution as young girls passed a significantly elevated risk of psychiatric illness to their children born decades after World War II. Specifically, children born to mothers who were older than age…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (886+ words) Summary: Researchers created an intelligent, low-cost pneumatic glove that successfully restores grasping capabilities to paralyzed hands. By combining inexpensive fabric and smart air cushions with advanced machine learning, the system intercepts weak electromyogram (EMG) signals straight from the forearm. This…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (400+ words) Summary: Researchers tracked brain activity patterns in participants before and after they watched multiple episodes of a narrative drama. Using Representational Similarity Analysis (RSA) on functional MRI (f MRI) data, the team discovered that our neural architecture is profoundly sensitive…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (302+ words) A new study has examined just how mothers influence the size of their child's head " and as a result, its brain size and future IQ " during the first trimester of their pregnancy. The evidence for this rests on indirect studies…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (726+ words) Summary: A new study trial leveraged objective biological and behavioral markers to predict drug efficacy. By screening patients using a combination of functional MRI (f MRI) brain connectivity networks, cognitive reward sensitivity, and clinical profiles, researchers successfully predicted patient outcomes....

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (477+ words) Summary: A massive study tracking 21, 990 U. S. adults has demonstrated that the specific cultural and political atmosphere surrounding a psychedelic experience can systematically pivot its psychological aftermath. Participants whose most intense psychedelic experience occurred on the Fourth of July, a holiday traditionally…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (292+ words) Our understanding of human behavior, including decision making, can be deepened by asking people to elaborate on their thought processes," says lead author Dr. Kamil Fu'awka, researcher at Syno Sys. However, the systematic analysis of such free-text data requires scalable…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago  (239+ words) By shifting the burden of sensing away from overengineered circuitry and directly into the material itself, a basic, low-cost USB camera can instantly read rich, high-resolution pressure maps in real time without requiring a single complex reconstruction algorithm. Source: Queen…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (780+ words) Source: Estonia Research Council Imagine opening a difficult book in a quiet room. The first page is dense. You read one paragraph, then reread it. Nothing "clicks" yet. Your brain is doing what learning often requires: spending effort before the…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago  (618+ words) The human brain evolved for a world of familiar faces, immediate threats and small social groups. But the world around us is changing far faster than human biology can keep pace. That mismatch may help explain some of the stress,…...