A study by researchers from Western and Maastricht University provides new insight into what perfusion, the flow of blood to tissues, looks like in a healthy brain.
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New study makes sense of sensory processing in children with autism
A new study from Western University shows that grouping sensory abilities helps better support kids with autism spectrum disorder.
Research refutes bilingual advantage in children
Western neuroscientists show bilingual advantage in children is propped up by weak evidence and bias in the reporting of scientific findings.
‘Sounding it out’ not so easy for children with dyslexia
Western cognitive neuroscientists using MRI discovered a biological deficit for some early readers that impairs the ability to sound words out.
Adolescents prone to poor dietary choices leading to changes in the brain
A new review paper from Western University has outlined how poor dietary choices in adolescence can lead to changes in the brain. Published March 9th in the journal The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, Western researchers, Cassandra Lowe, J. Bruce Morton and Amy...
Behavioural research gets boost with first open-access database
Neuroscience researchers at Western University have developed the first open-access repository for raw data from mouse cognitive testing. Called MouseBytes, the database gives researchers a platform to share rodent cognition data using touchscreen cognitive testing...
New study advances quest to better understand consciousness
In his landmark 2006 study, Western University’s renowned neuroscientist Adrian Owen and his collaborators showed for the first time ever that functional neuroimaging can reveal conscious awareness in some patients who appear to be entirely vegetative and can even...
Left- and right-handers share similarities in the brain when it comes to numbers
Left- and right-handers may write with different hands, but the brain processes numbers the same way for both. This is according to a new study from Western University. In a Registered Report, supported in part by BrainsCAN, Western researchers Celia Goffin, Moriah...
Western University develops first-of-its-kind task-based map of the human cerebellum
It is the second largest part in the human brain and contains more neurons than any other. Tucked under the back of the cerebral cortex, the cerebellum is often overlooked when considering how the brain manages complex cognition such as language or problem solving....
New BrainsCAN research examines how diet and obesity can form memories
A new study from Western University shows how the brain controls what information becomes memories and the role diet and obesity play in these formations. Published in the journal Trends in Neuroscience, the study describes the critical importance of perineuronal nets...
ICU patients with non-brain-related injuries may suffer undetected cognitive dysfunction
A new study led by Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute has found that most patients entering hospital intensive care units (ICU) for non-brain-related injuries or ailments also suffer from some level of related cognitive dysfunction that currently...
London Brain Bee 2019 encourages next generation of neuroscientists
For more than 40 years, some of Western University’s most internationally recognized research has come from the field of neuroscience research. A special event, later this spring, aims to encourage and foster the next generation of neuroscientists as Western hosts the...