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(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240708222424.htm) Brain-imaging study reveals curiosity as it emerges
Jul 8th 2024, 22:24

You look up into the clear blue sky and see something you can't quite identify. Is it a balloon? A plane? A UFO? You're curious, right? A research team has for the first time witnessed what is happening in the human brain when feelings of curiosity like this arise. The scientists revealed brain areas that appear to assess the degree of uncertainty in visually ambiguous situations, giving rise to subjective feelings of curiosity.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240708101004.htm) Brain size riddle solved as humans exceed evolution trend
Jul 8th 2024, 10:10

The largest animals do not have proportionally bigger brains -- with humans bucking this trend -- a new study has revealed.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240704201424.htm) Brain fluid dynamics key to migraine mysteries, new therapies
Jul 4th 2024, 20:14

New research details the connection between the neurological symptoms associated with aura and the migraine that follows. The study also identifies new proteins that could be responsible for headaches and may serve as foundation for new migraine drugs.

(https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/240703131712.htm) Discovery of cellular mechanism to maintain brain's energy could benefit late-life brain health
Jul 3rd 2024, 13:17

A key mechanism which detects when the brain needs an additional energy boost to support its activity has been identified in a study in mice and cells led by UCL scientists.

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