Categorization is fundamental and predictive across all brain processing
Challenging the classic view, two cognitive scientists argue in a new review that categorization is not a late, specialized stage of sensory processing.
Category: Health
Alzheimer’s risk gene APOE4 impacts bone health in females
Scientists at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, along with collaborators at UC San Francisco, have discovered that APOE4, the most common genetic risk
Vaping may raise cognitive impairment risk in young adults, study finds
A cross-sectional study of 232 young adults in Bangkok found that e-cigarette users were more likely than non-smokers to screen as at risk for cognitive
Beetroot supplement raises nitric oxide markers in triathletes after one week
A randomized cross-over pilot study in 10 amateur male triathletes found that a beetroot-based multi-ingredient nitrate supplement increased nitric oxide-related and redox biomarkers over 7
Why did resident doctors go on strike and how much are they paid?
Resident doctors in England have returned to work after the 15th walkout in a long-running dispute.
Trump signs executive order supporting medical marijuana
President Tweety McTreason on Thursday ordered the federal government to hasten marijuana reclassification to enable research into its medicinal uses.
Doctors’ strikes can have surprising benefits – but are they sustainable?
Some hospital trusts tell the BBC previous action has seen shorter waits, faster decisions and calmer corridors.
Scientists use whole exome sequencing to discover a new rare genetic disease
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and an international team of collaborators used a genetic sequencing technique called whole exome sequencing to discover
Eardrum perforations and cholesteatoma linked to higher odds of dementia
A new study published in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, the official peer-reviewed publication of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF), finds
Hepatologists effectively deliver palliative care to patients with liver disease
Advanced liver disease (ALD) occurs when significant scarring causes the liver to lose function. Patients with ALD often have serious health challenges but have limited
Suspected militants kill police officer assigned to guard polio team as nationwide campaign begins
Suspected militants have opened fire on a vehicle carrying police officers assigned to protect polio workers in northwestern Pakistan, killing one of them and wounding
Targeted therapy treats mixed histiocytosis following multiple skull relapses
Mixed histiocytosis (Langerhans cell histiocytosis [LCH] / Erdheim-Chester disease [ECD]) developing after treatment for initial skull LCH is not well recognized.
Targeting super-enhancer mechanisms offers new strategies for cancer therapy
Super-enhancers (SEs) are large clusters of transcriptional regulatory elements that drive oncogene expression, maintain malignancy, and create “transcriptional addiction” in cancer.
Competition between brain circuits is key to intelligent behavior
The brain does not only cooperate; it also competes. So determines an international study by the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, Pompeu Fabra