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A survey of UK people conducted in April at the height of COVID-19 lockdown suggests that distancing measures severely affected individuals' ability to gauge the passage of time. Ruth S. Ogden of Liverpool John Moores University, U.K., presented these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on July 6, 2020.

Researchers have identified a connection between aberrant energy metabolism in the brain and delirium – the state of impaired cognition in people who are unwell. This symptom is proving common in people hospitalized with COVID-19.

Using single nucleus sequencing technologies in human heart samples, researchers have established a potential mechanism for cardiac complications related to COVID-19.

New research has revealed how the brain can reliably access stored information despite drastic changes in the brain signals that represent it.

We humans may not always see eye to eye on politics, religion, sports and other matters of debate. But at least we can agree on the location and size of objects in our physical surroundings. Or can we?

A new study has revealed how two key neural circuits dictate the choice between social approach and avoidance.

Mice infected with Chikungunya virus get less sick and are less likely to transmit the virus to mosquitoes if they have healthy gut microbiomes.

New research has suggested that failure to retrieve relevant details from memory may underlie face blindness.

A new method developed at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) uses DNA sequencing to efficiently map long-range connections between different regions of the brain.

Scientists have identified an oncogene AVIL responsible for glioblastoma, the deadliest brain tumor. The discovery offers a promising new treatment target.