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New AI Tool Detects Early Parkinson's Marker from Wrist Activity Data
Researchers developed ActiTect, an open-source ML pipeline that screens for REM sleep behavior disorder using actigraphy, achieving AUROC up to 0.95.
Rotating Spiral Brain Waves Coordinate Sensation and Action
Researchers discovered spiral brain waves that rotate over space and time, driven by a circular neural architecture, synchronizing sensory and motor networks.
Trauma and Poverty Linked to Brain Changes in Schizophrenia
A new systematic review of 114 studies with over 10,000 participants shows that childhood trauma, poverty, and discrimination are tied to structural and functional brain changes linked to schizophrenia.
AI Cracks 80-Year-Old Math Problem That Stumped Mathematicians
OpenAI's model disproved Paul Erdős' 1946 unit distance conjecture, finding a better arrangement of points. Mathematicians call it a milestone for AI-driven discovery.
Brain Decoding: Simpler Models Outperform Complex Ones, Study Finds
New research shows that linear contrastive models decode brain activity more accurately than complex non-linear models across vision, language, and audio.
TBI and neurological conditions create a bi-directional risk loop
New research shows that traumatic brain injury and neurological diseases like stroke, dementia, epilepsy, and Parkinson's accelerate each other, creating a dangerous feedback loop.
Alzheimer's Protein APP Protects Neurons by Expelling Nuclear Waste
New research reveals that amyloid precursor protein (APP) acts as a cellular guardian, binding to leaked nuclear material and ejecting it from neurons to prevent neuroinflammation and cell death.
How Sparse Coding of Natural Scenes Reveals Why We See Unique Hues
A new study uses sparse coding on 503 natural images to show that unique hues—red, green, blue, yellow—emerge from the statistics of visual environments, offering a computational link to color perception.
Connectome Wiring: Statistics Control Brain Dynamics, Specifics Guide Activity Flow
New research shows that a brain's overall activity level depends on wiring statistics, while the precise connections determine where activity goes.
AI Generates Brain Activity Movies – A Leap for Cognitive Science
New AI model BrainWorld uses brain structure to generate realistic fMRI movies, improving brain dynamics modeling and boosting downstream analysis accuracy.
New Bayesian Method Improves Brain Network Community Detection
Researchers developed a hierarchical Bayesian inference method that detects brain network communities more accurately across individuals and groups, outperforming standard modularity models.
Tinnitus as a Side Effect of Brain Optimization: New Model
A decade of research reframes tinnitus as an adaptive brain mechanism that boosts signal detection after hearing loss, not a dysfunction.