Posts Tagged: Brain and Mind Institute
Global study examines pregnancy and stress during COVID-19 pandemic
May 19, 2020
Pregnancies, at the best of times, are stressful. When the world is experiencing a global pandemic, human response to risk…
Despite social and employment benefits, bilingualism does not make you ‘smarter’
April 21, 2020
Being bilingual does not improve general mental ability, according to a new study conducted by a team of researchers at…
New study of football players shows concussions have long-term effects on inhibition
April 16, 2020
World renowned neuroscientist Adrian Owen and his team at Western University have developed a new strategy for predicting cognitive performance…
International study investigates near death experiences using data from text mining
January 30, 2020
A new study using text mining and artificial intelligence from Western University and University of Liège (Belgium) provides quantitative scientific…
Neuroscience controversy resolved: The hippocampus is not just a GPS
January 2, 2020
It’s a controversy that goes back to a Nobel Prize winning idea that there is a specific part of our…
New study advances quest to better understand consciousness
October 10, 2019
In his landmark 2006 study, Western University’s renowned neuroscientist Adrian Owen and his collaborators showed for the first time ever…
Left- and right-handers share similarities in the brain when it comes to numbers
August 27, 2019
Left- and right-handers may write with different hands, but the brain processes numbers the same way for both. This is…
Western University develops first-of-its-kind task-based map of the human cerebellum
July 22, 2019
It is the second largest part in the human brain and contains more neurons than any other. Tucked under the…
Brain and Mind Institute study shows how fast human brains ‘see’ the world
June 27, 2019
A new study from Western University’s renowned Brain and Mind Institute shows how fast our brain makes sense of a…
ICU patients with non-brain-related injuries may suffer undetected cognitive dysfunction
April 12, 2019
A new study led by Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute has found that most patients entering hospital intensive…