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A study reveals that traffic noise significantly reduces the stress-relieving benefits of natural sounds like birdsong. Participants reported improved mood and lower anxiety when listening to nature, but these effects diminished with traffic sounds.

Humans possess much higher resting and active metabolic rates than other mammals, including our closest relatives.

A study has found that high cardiovascular risk factors, including obesity, are linked to accelerated brain volume loss, affecting the regions in the temporal lobe that are crucial for memory and sensory processing.

The effectiveness of deep brain stimulation to treat cognitive decline may be tied to learning ability, rather than age, with individuals with less efficient learning mechanisms benefiting more from stimulation.

A new study confirms that an "Alzheimer's in a dish" model can mimic brain function and gene expression patterns, making it ideal for assessing new drugs as well as finding new targets.

A study suggests depression causes menstrual pain, supported by genetic evidence linking the two conditions. Researchers identified key pathways like the HPA and HPO axes, which connect mental and reproductive health.

A University of Liverpool study links Alzheimer’s disease to disrupted mechanical signaling between proteins APP and talin in synapses. This misprocessing destabilizes synaptic integrity, leading to memory loss.

Large language models, a type of AI that analyses text, can predict the results of proposed neuroscience studies more accurately than human experts, finds a new study.

Chimpanzees display an early form of cumulative culture, with successive generations refining tool-use practices for complex tasks like termite fishing. A study highlights how female migration facilitates the transmission of these behaviors.

A new study indicates that the loss of brain volume associated with the Alzheimer's drug lecanemab shows the drug is working by removing amyloid plaques.