progscrape: neuroscience

High intelligence may exacerbate impulsivity in children with ADHD

52 days ago psypost.org neuroscience

A study found that children with congenital TORCH infections were three times more likely to be diagnosed with autism and seven times more likely to be diagnosed with an intellectual disability

49 days ago news.ki.se autism neuroscience

Young children’s brains (3 to 8 years) appear wired for distraction, favoring broad exploration over repeating familiar actions, which can improve learning early in development despite the costs of divided attention…

58 days ago news.osu.edu neuroscience

Psychedelic drugs reduce the amount of bottom-up brain activity flowing into a network associated with self-reflection

42 days ago psypost.org brain neuroscience

New evidence that the hippocampus is inappropriately changing memories between different memory phases as people age, and localizing the specific mechanism in the hippocampus

47 days ago theconversation.com neuroscience

Researchers found a significant association between declining air pollution and improved cognitive development in children

2 months ago publichealth.columbia.edu neuroscience

Two parallel neural ectoderm progenitors contribute to the developing brain

51 days ago nature.com brain neuroscience

Measuring brain activity in 263 people with major depressive disorder, researchers identified five brain profiles for depression in which functional connectivity between brain regions differed

45 days ago helsinki.fi brain neuroscience

A new study suggests that growing up in a war zone changes how a child's attachment-related anxiety and avoidance connect to their brain networks, indicating that the developing brain may calibrate itself to adapt to an unpredictable environment.

40 days ago psypost.org brain neuroscience

Earlier menopause is linked to faster memory decline and earlier Alzheimer's onset, with stronger risks observed in surgical menopause

2 months ago psypost.org neuroscience