Human brains explore more to avoid losses than to seek gains
Paradigm and learning behavior in loss versus gain conditions. Credit: Nature (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09466-1 Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of ...
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How our brains are drawn to and spot faces everywhere
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain If you have ever spotted faces or human-like expressions in everyday objects, you may have experienced ...
Alcohol use disorder harms the brain’s immune system earlier in women
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The immune system is the body's protector. Following the detection of a potential threat, such as ...
The Brain’s Role in Immune Health
The immune systemMade up of structural barriers, organs, white blood cells, proteins, and chemicals, the immune system protects us from ...
Study provides evidence of amyloidosis in the brains of some World Trade Center responders
These composite brain images from the study of WTC responders reveal evidence of amyloidosis. Areas shaded in red and yellow ...
Does substance use change the brain’s structure, or does brain structure predispose some to substance use?
Regional Cortical Volume and Thickness Associations With Early Substance Use Initiation in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. Credit: ...
Precise map of primate foveolar cortex uncovers intricacies of brain’s visual system
Color-coded responses to different visual stimuli. a, Activations to achromatic high-SF gratings (in cycles per degree). Yellow, SF11; purple, SF15; ...
New imaging technique reveals detailed map of brain’s blood flow in 3D
Research overview. 1. The extended-focus optical coherence microscopy system. 2. The data acquisition and post-processing pipeline. 3. Exemplary results, showing ...
Severe Covid infections can inflame brain’s ‘control centre’, research says | Coronavirus
Severe Covid infections can drive inflammation in the brain’s “control centre”, researchers say, leading to damage that may explain the ...
Transparent skin, bird flu, and why girls’ brains aged during Covid: the week in science – podcast | Science
Ian Sample and science correspondent Hannah Devlin discuss some of the science stories that have made headlines this week, from ...
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