Posts Tagged: Neuroscience
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 — real or perceived — is undoubtedly heightened. A new…
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 Western University’s renowned Brain and Mind Institute. More than 11,000…
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 in Canadian university football players based on results from online…
Researchers solve mystery of Tuvan throat singing
March 10, 2020
An international research team has uncoupled the mystery of how Tuvan throat singers produce distinctive sounds in which you can hear two different pitches at once – a low rumble…
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 brain that acts as our Global Positioning System (GPS), responsible…
New study shows menstrual cycles have no effect on cognitive benefits of exercise
November 5, 2019
The majority of exercise neuroscience studies (64 per cent) have not included female participants due to the frequently held belief that hormonal fluctuations – linked to menstrual cycles – may…
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 that functional neuroimaging can reveal conscious awareness in some patients…
Cannabis study reveals how CBD offsets the psychiatric side-effects of THC
September 30, 2019
Researchers at Western University have shown for the first time the molecular mechanisms at work that cause cannabidiol, or CBD, to block the psychiatric side-effects caused by tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the…
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 back of the cerebral cortex, the cerebellum is often overlooked…
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 world in which the images of people, places and things…
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