Dissociative identity disorder arises as a response to trauma. Understanding its neurobiology offers valuable insights into treatment and the resilience of the human mind.

The human brain filters trillions of sensory inputs down to just 10 bits per second, a cognitive bottleneck shaped by ...

The BBC Bitesize study guide about temperature changes and energy contains videos, diagrams, graphics and more physics revision notes written to the AQA GCSE physics specification. An interactive ...

New research has revealed that birds, reptiles, and mammals have developed complex brain circuits independently, despite sharing a common ancestor. These findings challenge the traditional view of ...

A study sheds light on how networks in the brain detect new information, offering insight into disorders like schizophrenia.

Density describes how closely packed the particles are in a solid, liquid or gas. There is little difference between the density of a liquid and its corresponding solid (eg water and ice). This is ...

Brain samples contained 10 times more microplastics than other organs. The brain may contain higher -- and more significant -- amounts of microplastics than other organs in the body, according to ...

A man with paralysis who had electrodes implanted in his brain can pilot a virtual drone through an obstacle course simply by imagining moving his fingers. His brain signals are interpreted by an ...

The combination of poorly developed social and cognitive skills during childhood is linked to poor exam results by the age of 16, with those for whom these issues persist throughout their childhood ...

To enhance our understanding of the normal sequence of brain development in the immature ferret, we aimed to characterize postnatal neurodevelopment with conventional and diffusion MRI.

It established that hormones that reflect the body’s nutritional state signal to the brain to regulate appetite. It also directly led to the development of hormone-receptor-targeted treatments ...

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