Latest Neuropsychology Stories

Researchers supported by the Wellcome Trust have discovered that we use a different part of our brain to learn about social hierarchies than we do to learn ordinary information. The study provides clues as to how this information is stored in memory and also reveals that you can tell a lot about how good somebody is likely to be at judging social rank by looking at the structure of their brain. Primates (and people) are remarkably good at ranking each other within social hierarchies, a...

UC Santa Barbara has reported an important discovery in the interdisciplinary study of split-brain research. The findings uncover dynamic changes in brain coordination patterns between left and right hemispheres. Split-brain research has been conducted for decades, and scientists have long ago shown that language processing is largely located in the left side of the brain. When words appear only in the left visual field –– an area processed by the right side of the brain –– the...

There are a growing number of clues that immune and inflammatory mechanisms are important for the biology of schizophrenia. In a new study in Biological Psychiatry, Dr. Mar Fatjó-Vilas and colleagues explored the impact of the interleukin-1β gene (IL1β) on brain function alterations associated with schizophrenia. Fatjó-Vilas said that "this study is a contribution to the relatively new field of 'functional imaging genetics' which appears to be potentially powerful for the study of...

NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Weight Watchers today announced that it will donate $1 million to hunger-fighting organizations Share Our Strength and Action Against Hunger through its 5(th) Annual Lose For Good campaign. The yearly initiative gives meetings members and Weight Watchers Online subscribers the chance to help fight global hunger and chronic malnutrition, simply by losing weight. This year, Weight Watchers members and Online subscribers lost an estimated 4...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online A person’s aptitude for video games can be predicted by their brain waves, according to a new study published in the journal Psychophysiology. The researchers used electroencephalography (EEG) to observe the electrical activity in the brains of 39 study participants before they trained on the video game 'Space Fortress,' a game developed for cognitive research. None of the subjects were daily video game players. The...

New Northwestern analysis focuses on 'pre-feelings' and ability to anticipate the near future Wouldn't it be amazing if our bodies prepared us for future events that could be very important to us, even if there's no clue about what those events will be? Presentiment without any external clues may, in fact, exist, according to new Northwestern University research that analyzes the results of 26 studies published between 1978 and 2010. Researchers already know that our subconscious...

LAS VEGAS, Oct. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bruce Perlowin, CEO of Hemp, Inc. (OTC: HEMP) and industrial hemp veteran, whose company led the last pre-election growth curve back in 2009 with a 480% increase (www.hemp.com), gave insight on when he thought the spike this month will start and why. According to Bruce Perlowin, "Two weeks before the election is when all the action starts. We have medical marijuana on the ballot in Arkansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New York,...

PALO ALTO Calif., Oct. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Inscopix, Inc. and SRI International today announced a collaborative neuroscience imaging R&D program. Researchers from Inscopix and SRI's Center for Neuroscience and Metabolic Diseases will use Inscopix's nVista(TM) HD imaging system to gain a better understanding of normal brain function and the dysfunctions of neural circuitry that underlie neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. (Photo:...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mickey Hart, Grateful Dead percussionist, and neurologist Adam Gazzaley, M.D., Ph.D., professor at the University of California San Francisco made history by becoming the first to sonify and visualize brain activity in real time in front of a live audience. The two did so at the closing session of Life @50+, the AARP National Event & Expo in New Orleans on September 22(nd). To see footage from the event, go to...

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Sept. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wellness Center USA, Inc. (OTCQB: WCUI), a Schaumburg, IL based healthcare and nutraceutical company, today announced the creation of a group of neuropsychologists, physiologists and medical device engineers to design and develop a set of neurotherapy devices and related software applications ("apps"). These devices and apps are intended for use in both home and in-office settings to address brain-based behavioral health disorders...