Outsmart Your Smartphone: Swap Googling for Napping to Enhance Brain Health

Outsmart Your Smartphone: Swap Googling for Napping to Enhance Brain Health

TEHRAN (ANA)- Taking regular daytime naps can increase the odds of healthy aging, says a new book.
New Research Reveals How Mindfulness Improves Your Sleep

New Research Reveals How Mindfulness Improves Your Sleep

TEHRAN (ANA)- Recent research led by the University of South Florida shows that mindfulness improves nurses’ sleep and stress management by enhancing emotion regulation, suggesting benefits for broader workplace health strategies.
Researchers Discover ‘Hidden’ Sex Differences in Brain’s Reward Circuits

Researchers Discover ‘Hidden’ Sex Differences in Brain’s Reward Circuits

TEHRAN (ANA)- Recent research by the University of Maryland highlights sex differences in brain pathways linked to reward behaviors, showing distinct molecular mechanisms in males and females that could influence the treatment of disorders like depression.
New Study Reveals How Humans Predict Musical Sequences

New Study Reveals How Humans Predict Musical Sequences

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers from Aarhus University and the University of Oxford have collaborated to uncover how our brain reacts to and recognizes music, and their study reveals that listening to music triggers a complex chain reaction of events in the brain, a discovery that could potentially be used in the future to help screen for dementia.
Science of Procrastination: Neuroscientist’s Guide to Getting Things Done

Science of Procrastination: Neuroscientist’s Guide to Getting Things Done

TEHRAN (ANA)- Procrastination, the intentional yet harmful delay of tasks, manifests in various forms, and Sahiti Chebolu from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics employs a precise mathematical framework to analyze its different patterns and underlying causes.
Feeling Beat: Music’s Global Language of Emotion

Feeling Beat: Music’s Global Language of Emotion

TEHRAN (ANA)- A study shows music evokes consistent emotional and physical responses globally, driven by inherent biological mechanisms, not culture.
Alzheimer’s Breakthrough: New Peptide Treatment Reverses Cognitive Decline

Alzheimer’s Breakthrough: New Peptide Treatment Reverses Cognitive Decline

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology have developed a synthetic peptide, PHDP5, that targets early-stage Alzheimer’s by ensuring the availability of dynamin for vesicle recycling in neurons, demonstrating significant restoration of memory and learning functions in transgenic mice.
Big Lie about Failure, Success Everyone Believes

Big Lie about Failure, Success Everyone Believes

TEHRAN (ANA)- A new study finds that success follows failure less often than expected.
Unveiling Molecular Mechanisms behind PTSD, Depression

Unveiling Molecular Mechanisms behind PTSD, Depression

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers from McLean Hospital and collaborating institutions have discovered shared and distinct molecular changes in brain regions, genomic layers, cell types, and blood of individuals with PTSD and MDD, offering new insights for therapeutic and diagnostic advancements.
New Test Can Predict Dementia Up to Nine Years before Diagnosis

New Test Can Predict Dementia Up to Nine Years before Diagnosis

TEHRAN (ANA)- Queen Mary University researchers have created a method to predict dementia with high accuracy years before diagnosis by analyzing brain network connectivity using fMRI scans.
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