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Biorealistic Neuromechanical Models: Bridging Brain, Body, and Behavior
A new review explores how biorealistic neuromechanical models—simulated bodies with neural controllers—help infer unmeasurable brain variables and generate testable hypotheses, accelerating neuroscience.
Chickadee Study: Smart Males Win Extra Mates, Pass on Cognitive Edge
Female mountain chickadees in monogamous pairs seek extra-pair mates with superior spatial memory, ensuring offspring inherit cognitive advantages.
Brain Supplement Tyrosine Linked to Shorter Lifespan in Men
A study of over 270,000 people found that higher tyrosine levels are associated with a shorter lifespan in men, potentially losing nearly a year of life expectancy.
Cancer Gene Mutations May Fuel Alzheimer's: New Study
Mutations in cancer driver genes found in brain immune cells may contribute to Alzheimer's, offering new diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities.
Learning Music in Your 70s May Protect Memory
A four-year study by Kyoto University finds that older adults who continue playing a musical instrument maintain memory performance and show less brain shrinkage than those who quit.
Midlife Crisis in America: Loneliness and Declining Brain Health
A study of 17 countries finds middle-aged Americans are lonelier, more depressed, and have worse memory than previous generations, unlike their European peers.
Lifestyle Program Boosts Cognition 55% More Than Basic Health Advice
A two-year study across 11 Latin American countries found that structured lifestyle coaching improved memory and thinking in at-risk older adults significantly more than general health advice.
Brain supplement linked to shorter lifespan in men: study
A study of over 270,000 people links higher blood levels of the amino acid tyrosine to reduced lifespan in men, but not in women.
Memory Loss in Older Adults Might Be Overestimated by Lab Tests
Two smartphone-based studies find older adults recall past events as vividly as younger people in daily life, challenging lab-based assumptions.
Your Brain Silently Suppresses Negative Words While You Focus
New research reveals that the unconscious mind actively filters out negative spoken words during focused tasks, protecting limited cognitive resources.
Hypothalamic Histamine Waves Open and Close Memory Access
A new study shows that spontaneous fluctuations in histamine neurons act as a gatekeeper for memory retrieval, explaining why recall varies moment to moment.
AI Models Mimic Human Brain's Shared Semantics, But Miss Social Nuance
New research shows LLMs align with human neural semantic structure, but diverge on social and affective dimensions, limiting full convergence.