Many older people think that losing your train of thought or not being able to remember words or phrases signals cognitive decline. But a breakthrough study by Toronto researchers found that how fast you talk is a more accurate indicator of brain health. According to Study… Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David […]

The idea that people make decisions based on social context is not a new one in neural economic games. But now, for the first time, researchers show the impact of the social context may spring from the dynamic interactions of dopamine and serotonin. Researchers built carbon-fiber electrodes that were implanted in patients receiving Deep Brain […]

Researchers have investigated whether the body is truly disconnected from the external world during sleep. To do so, they focused on how heartbeat changes when we hear different words during sleep. They found that relaxing words slowed down cardiac activity as a reflection of deeper sleep and in comparison to neutral words that did not […]