Getting to the heart of anorexia
Heart disease major cause of death in people with anorexia.
A two-year research project at Swinburne is investigating the physiology of anorexia nervosa with the aim of reducing...
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How did reading and writing evolve?
The beginnings of writing may lie in humanity’s far distant past.
Our brains evolved in a world without reading. Credit:Semnic/Shutterstock The part of the brain that processes visual...
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Cannabis use and brain volume changes
Grey matter changes in users’ brains.
Swinburne research has found low-level cannabis use in adolescents may have an effect on the amount of grey matter vo...
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In two minds over decoding brainwaves
Keeping your thoughts to yourself is getting harder.
Mind-reading machines are now real, prising open yet another Pandora’s box for ethicists. As usual, there are promise...
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If Kennedy was alive today, he’d still be dead
Modern medicine could have done nothing to help.
Half a century after the assassination of US senator Robert F. Kennedy, a new report finds that the gunshot wounds he...
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Thriller! Michael Jackson revealed as an inventor
Neurosurgeons uncover the secret of the star’s seemingly impossible dance move.
The late entertainer Michael Jackson is rightly credited for his substantial contributions to popular music, pop cult...
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Saunas linked to lower stroke risk
Study suggests saunas might be good for good for you.
Taking a Finnish-style sauna several times a week may lower the risk of stroke, according to research in the journal ...
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In vision, information is a two-way street
Untangling connections that inform visual perception.
Neuroscientists have established that the brain makes predictions about what it’s going to see.In a paper published...
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A possible link between vitamin D and autism
Study in rats finds link between vitamin and austism.
Low levels of vitamin D during pregnancy and breastfeeding may be related to an unusual pattern of brain development ...
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Scientists discover explore effects of LSD
Study points to potential treatment for schizophrenia.
A team of neuroscientists has used functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and real-time eye-tracking to determin...
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Friends and strangers mess with your head
Separate teams probe the ways we decide who to be friends with.
Friendships are driven by neural similarities, but the way we respond to strangers derives from a much less sophistic...
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Brainwaves help you sort your life out
Different types of categorisation are linked to different types of neuronal activity.
As the reverence with which Swedish zoologist Carl Linnaeus is held symbolises, classification is central to human ps...