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University of Washington (UW) research shows that using a single category of learning disability to qualify students with written language challenges for special education services is not scientifically supported.

An effective solution to get rid of earworms, those annoying tunes that keep on re-playing in never ending loops in our heads, has been found by a team of scientists at the University of Reading, UK. Published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology the results of the research show the best way to block obsessive melodies is neither to read a good novel nor solve complex anagrams but, simply, to chew gum.

Women may have a more difficult time than men in recovering from concussion, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.

University of British Columbia (UBC) research shows that chemotherapy can lead to excessive mind wandering and an inability to concentrate. Dubbed ‘chemo-brain,’ the negative cognitive effects of the cancer treatment have long been suspected, but the UBC study is the first to explain why patients have difficulty paying attention.

DNA regulatory tags must be cut out and replaced to allow neurons to function.

In new research published online by Nature Methods, scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Harvard University have announced a "Neuronal Positioning System" (NPS) that maps the circuitry of the brain, similar to how a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver triangulates one's location on the planet.

Cardiorespiratory fitness may positively impact the structure of white matter in the brains of older adults. These results suggest that exercise could be prescribed to lessen age-related declines in brain structure.

Repeated alcohol exposure during adolescence results in long-lasting changes in the region of the brain that controls learning and memory, according to a research team at Duke Medicine that used a rodent model as a surrogate for humans.

Two wrongs can make a right, at least in the world of visual perception and motor functioning, according to two University of Oregon (UO) brain scientists.

Implantable device could allow doctors to test cancer drugs in patients before prescribing chemotherapy.