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Positive emotions plus deep sleep equals longer-lasting perceptual memories

Researchers have uncovered how perceptual memories linked to positive emotions, such as joy or happiness, are strengthened during sleep. The study could help scientists understand the neurological...

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Music can touch the heart, even inside the womb

Researchers have used mathematical analysis tools to study the effect of classical music on a fetal heartbeat and identify patterns in heart rate variability. They recruited 36 pregnant women and...

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Maternal stress during pregnancy could leave traces in the placenta that...

Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol -- a necessary hormone for fetal development -- and this would affect the baby's development from very...

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Breakthrough in childhood brain cancer research could heal...

Research has shown that a potential new targeted therapy for childhood brain cancer is effective in infiltrating and killing tumor cells in preclinical models tested in mice. The novel drug CT-179 was...

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Scientists reveal gut microbes' hidden role in anxiety: Could probiotics be...

Could the key to easing anxiety be hidden in our gut? Scientists have discovered a crucial connection between gut microbes and anxiety-related behavior. Their research suggests that microbial...

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Improved brain decoder holds promise for communication in people with aphasia

A new AI-based tool can translate a person's thoughts into continuous text, without requiring the person to comprehend spoken words. This latest advance suggests it may be possible, with further...

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Scratching through the negative emotions

'We feel sorry because we cry,' wrote philosopher and psychologist William James, 'angry because we strike, afraid because we tremble,' suggesting that emotional bodily responses like crying cause...

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Adults can learn absolute pitch: new research challenges long-held musical...

It's been a long-held belief that absolute pitch -- the ability to identify musical notes without reference -- is a rare gift reserved for a select few with special genetic gifts or those who began...

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More sunshine as a baby linked to less disease activity for children with MS

Getting at least 30 minutes of daily summer sun in the first year of life may mean a lower relapse risk for children who are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) later, according to a new study. The...

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The complicated question of how we determine who has an accent

How do you tell if someone has a particular accent? It might seem obvious: You hear someone pronounce words in a way that is different from 'normal' and connect it to other people from a specific...

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Study maps new brain regions behind intended speech

Imagine seeing a furry, four-legged animal that meows. Mentally, you know what it is, but the word 'cat' is stuck on the tip of your tongue. This phenomenon, known as Broca's aphasia or expressive...

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Group childcare positively affects toddler development

Many Japanese mothers are reluctant to send their children to childcare before the age of three due to the 'Three-Year-Old Myth,' which suggests that healthy development requires a child to stay at...

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Lack of discussion drives traditional gender roles in parenthood

Conversations about parental duties continue to be led by mothers, even if both parents earn the same amount of money, finds a new study.

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A single protein may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language

How much does the evolution of human speech owe to one amino acid?

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Like human brains, large language models reason about diverse data in a...

Researchers find large language models process diverse types of data, like different languages, audio inputs, images, etc., similarly to how humans reason about complex problems. Like humans, LLMs...

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Promising results from first prenatal therapy for spinal muscular atrophy

Scientists report results from a promising new approach to treat the rare neurodegenerative disorder.

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Another way longer paternity leaves help new parents

A longer paternity leave after the birth of a child can improve the co-parenting relationship between moms and dads in a key way, a new study finds. Researchers found that mothers were less likely to...

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Child ADHD risk linked to mother's use of acetaminophen

Fetal acetaminophen exposure increases the likelihood that a child will develop attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a new study.

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Screening and treating maternal psychological health key to improving...

Identifying and treating risk factors for depression, anxiety and other psychological health conditions during pregnancy and postpartum may improve short- and long-term health outcomes for both mother...

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How parenthood may help keep your brain young

Researchers find that parents show patterns of brain connectivity that oppose age-related changes.

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We need a new definition of dyslexia, research says

A new definition of dyslexia is needed to more accurately describe the learning disorder and give those struggling with dyslexia the specific support they require, says new research.

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Associative learning: Primary school children outperform all other age groups

The ability to make the connection between an event and its consequences -- experts use the term associative learning -- is a crucial skill for adapting to the environment. It has a huge impact on our...

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How many languages can you learn at the same time? -- Ghanaian babies grow up...

Africa is a multilingual continent and many adults speak several languages fluently. An empirical study by a psycholinguist now shows that the roots of this multilingualism can be found in infancy: In...

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Improving relationships between dads and daughters... it's a walk in the park

A simple walk in the park could hold the key to unlocking a close and loving relationship between fathers and daughters, a new study has shown.

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Researchers uncover blood metabolites that may influence early childhood...

Researchers have identified small molecules in the blood that may impact early childhood development, showing how dietary exposures, early life experiences, and gut health can influence a child's...

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It's not just what you say -- it's also how you say it

First study to reveal the brain encodes pitch accents separately from the sounds that make up words. Heschl's gyrus region of the brain, an earlier stage of auditory processing, plays a much larger...

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A third of children worldwide forecast to be obese or overweight by 2050

Obesity rates are set to skyrocket, with one in six children and adolescents worldwide forecast to be obese by 2050, according to a new study. But with significant increases predicted within the next...

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For some, childhood adversity can promote resilience to anxiety disorders

Research has shown that young people who face adversity such as traumatic or stressful events during brain development are 40% more likely to develop anxiety disorders by adulthood. But most people who...

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Genomics to revolutionize treatment of childhood rare diseases

A simple genomics blood test could improve treatment and care for childhood epilepsy, but more investment is needed to make access fair and securely join up the data, finds a new study.

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Improving school readiness for children with low birth weight

School readiness not only impacts kids' academic success, but also their long-term economic and health outcomes. Unfortunately, research reveals a concerning gap in school readiness for children with...

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Limiting screen time protects children's mental health

A recent study suggests that limiting screen time and promoting physical activity from childhood may help safeguard mental health in adolescence. The findings are particularly significant given that...

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Does getting ADHD drugs via telehealth increase addiction risk?

A study of people who started ADHD stimulant treatment via telehealth vs in-person visits shows no difference in risk of new substance use disorders except for young adults age 26-34.

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Study pinpoints the impact of prenatal stress across 27 weeks of pregnancy

Researchers found new insights on the timing of prenatal stress and its effect on infant stress reactivity and temperament -- including differences between genders.

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Good parenting helps, but has limits under major deprivation

Parenting skills can make a big difference in fostering a newborn's language acquisition and cognition, but there may be a limit to how far parenting can go to make up the challenges to developing this...

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Children who lack fish in their diets are less sociable and kind, study finds

Children who consumed the least amounts of seafood at 7-years-old were likely to be less 'prosocial' at ages 7 and 9 years than those who regularly consumed seafood, according to a new study....

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What's in a label? It's different for boys vs. girls, new study of parents finds

Research has shown that adults instinctively think of men when asked to think of a person -- they describe the most 'typical' person they can imagine as male and assume storybook characters without a...

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Do you see what I see?

As a child, did it ever occur to you that your perception of color differed from that of others? It's quite common to have this thought, but it turns out that the human color experience may be more...

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Oxytocin system of breastfeeding affected in mothers with postnatal depression

The oxytocin system -- which helps release breast milk and strengthens the bond between mother and baby -- may be affected during breastfeeding in mothers experiencing postnatal depression.

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New AI model analyzes full night of sleep with high accuracy in largest study...

Researchers have developed a powerful AI tool, built on the same transformer architecture used by large language models like ChatGPT, to process an entire night's sleep. To date, it is one of the...

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Bridging Nature and Nurture: Study reveals brain's flexible foundation from...

By studying never-before-seen details of brain connectivity in human infants, researchers have identified how a balance of innate structure and flexible learning produces our remarkably organized...

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When did human language emerge?

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.

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Parts of the brain that are needed to remember words identified

The parts of the brain that are needed to remember words, and how these are affected by a common form of epilepsy, have been identified by a team of neurologists and neurosurgeons at UCL.

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Why don't we remember being a baby? New study provides clues

Though we learn so much during our first years of life, we can't, as adults, remember specific events from that time. Researchers have long believed we don't hold onto these experiences because the...

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How family background can help lead to athletic success

Americans have long believed that sports are one area in society that offers kids from all backgrounds the chance to succeed to the best of their abilities. But new research suggests that this belief...

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To the brain, Esperanto and Klingon appear the same as English or Mandarin

New research finds the brain's language-processing network also responds to artificial languages such as Esperanto and languages made for TV, such as Klingon on 'Star Trek' and High Valyrian and...

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Why are night owls at greater risk of depression?

Mindfulness, total sleep quality, and alcohol consumption may help explain why people who stay up late have a greater risk of depression, according to a new study.

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Insomniac fruit fly mutants show enhanced memory despite severe sleep loss

Fruit fly mutants that have severe sleep deficits perform better at olfactory learning and memory tasks, according to a new study. The paradox of enhanced memory despite sleep loss could be explained...

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'I can't hear you, I'm too stressed': Repeated stress in mice reduces sound...

After a week of stress, mice show changes in how their brains process sound, reducing how well they perceive loud noises, according to a new study.

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What does 'that' mean in 'Did you see that?'

What goes through your mind when someone asks 'Did you see that?' A study shows that children and adults process ambiguous information like 'that' differently. While children focus more on the literal...

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Repetitive behaviors and special interests are more indicative of an autism...

People with autism are typically diagnosed by clinical observation and assessment. To deconstruct the clinical decision process, which is often subjective and difficult to describe, researchers used a...

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