Tag: Human Brain

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Human brain responds to aggressive voices more quickly: Study

London: Human brains notice a voice much faster when it is considered threatening or aggressive than when it is perceived as normal or happy in an auditory environment, according to a new study. The study demonstrated that in a few hundred milliseconds, our brain becomes sensitive to the presence of angry voices. Sight and hearing […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
Human-brain
Bigger brain could make you only a little smarter than others

New York: A bigger brain alone cannot guarantee you a pass to the best jobs in the world as researchers have found that an increase in brain volume contributes very little to a person’s intelligence and educational attainment. The study, published in the journal Psychological Science, was based on MRI-derived information about brain size in […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Human brains are naturally attracted to laziness: Study

Toronto: Some people are often called lazy, because of their brains, say researchers who found that our brain is innately attracted to sedentary behaviours. The findings, led by researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada, suggest that our brains may simply be wired to prefer lying on the couch and that human […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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How humans got their bigger brains

New York: Modern humans have brains that are more than three times larger than our closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, and we have the gradual increase in brain size of our ancestors over the past three million years to thank for that, a new study says. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
Gut-feeling
Decoded: What causes that 'gut feeling'

London: Human brain has a form of “wi-fi” which constantly picks up information about other people by simply looking at them, says a scientist in what he believes is the key mechanism behind “gut feeling”. Language plays only a part in how humans communicate. Actually it is the brain that works hard to gather up […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
Scientists discover speedometer in brain

London: Researchers have discovered how the brain keeps pace with your speed while driving or finding your destination. “The faster we move, the less time the brain has to take in environmental cues and to associate them with a location on our memorised spatial map. Our perception, therefore, has to keep pace with the speed […]

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Human-Brain
Brain Circuit Linked To Food Impulsivity Identified

New York: Researchers have identified a specific circuit in the brain that alters food impulsivity, creating the possibility scientists can someday develop a treatment to address the problem of overeating. Impulsivity, or responding without thinking about the consequences of an action, has been linked to excessive food intake, binge eating, weight gain and obesity, along […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
Brain-Stroke
Brain Protein That Could Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease

Toronto: Researchers have found that a protein that regulates white blood cells in the human brain could protect against Alzheimer’s disease. The results published in the journal Communications Biology suggest that this protein, called CD33, could have important implications in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. “Immune cells in the brain, called microglia, play a critical […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
COVID Does Not Infect Brain But Still Inflicts Damage
COVID Does Not Infect Brain But Still Inflicts Damage

New York: SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, likely does not directly infect the brain but can still inflict significant neurological damage, a new study suggests. The findings, published in…

  • Saturday, 17 April 2021
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