Neuroscience

Sciences & Technology

Space research helps find targets for early Alzheimer’s test

Methods used to study asteroids and planets could be used in a new blood test for Alzheimer’s disease – potentially before clinical symptoms develop

Health & Medicine

Why your brain health matters

On World Brain Day, work continues to provide access to life-changing therapies to improve life for those living with brain disorders to reduce disability

Sciences & Technology

Diamonds reveal neural secrets

A new diamond voltage imaging microscope will give us more insight into the neural micro-circuitry that runs our brains

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A window on memory loss in Alzheimer’s

Using a miniscope to observe the brain in action, researchers find evidence that memory loss in Alzheimer’s may partly be a signalling problem

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How our brain’s sensorimotor processing areas could flag psychosis risk

Brain markers of sensory and motor function reflect disturbances in early development that can increase the risk of later psychosis

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How sound alters sense of touch

New research suggests our brains process different sensory inputs more like a symphony, combining and harmonising information rather than processing separately

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Podcasts

Mindfulness is everywhere, but what actually is it?

Clinical psychologist Dr Nicholas Van Dam explains that despite it being associated with everything from eating to the army, mindfulness isn’t what many of us think it is

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Fear, memory and brain exploration

A largely unknown region of the brain, the zona incerta, could hold the key to how we control our fears

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Podcast

The science of coughing

Coughing is an important human defensive reflex - it keeps our airways clear - but there’s a big difference between a good cough and a bad cough

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Translating thought into action

The first human trial of a tiny device that reads brain signals is successfully allowing patients with paralysis to operate computers and phones with their minds