Speech Droplets Drive Transmission of COVID-19 – Neuroscience News
Speaking without a facemask in confined spaces poses the biggest risk for spreading SARS_CoV_2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.
Speaking without a facemask in confined spaces poses the biggest risk for spreading SARS_CoV_2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.
A new study highlights a significant link between prolonged use of certain progestogen hormone drugs and an increased risk of developing intracranial meningioma, a type…
Humans’ capacity to predict actions and to socially categorize individuals are at the basis of social cognition. Such capacities emerge in early infancy. By 6…
Four independent studies converge on the groundbreaking conclusion that the activity of long genes may be the key driver behind aging.
Researchers uncovered how the brain chooses which daily experiences to convert into long-term memories during sleep, pinpointing “sharp wave-ripples” in the hippocampus as the crucial…
Dogs can be trained to detect stress-related volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in human breath, potentially identifying the onset of PTSD flashbacks.
Researchers unveiled a link between sleep quality and subjective age, demonstrating that insufficient sleep can make individuals feel significantly older.
Cooling sensations arise inside the mouth during ingestive and homeostasis behaviors. Oral presence of cooling temperature engages the cold and menthol receptor TRPM8 (transient receptor…
Myelinating oligodendrocytes die in human disease and early in aging. Despite this, the mechanisms that underly oligodendrocyte death are not resolved and it is also…
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(April 2024) – Across five experiments (N = 1,714), we test whether people engage in wishful thinking to alleviate anxiety about adverse future outcomes. Participants…