Posts Tagged: Neuroscience
Grasping the world is not the same as understanding it
July 30, 2020
A new study from Western’s renowned Brain and Mind Institute shows that when humans reach out and grab things, they…
Brain Study explores lasting impacts of COVID-19
June 23, 2020
Neuroscientists exploring the lasting impacts of COVID-19 on the brain hope their newest study will provide answers for health-care professionals…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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,…
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