Generative artificial intelligence is quietly reshaping how humans process grief, remembrance, and mortality. Digital reconstructions of the deceased may offer comfort, but they also risk blurring the natural boundary between presence and absence.
AI Is Changing the Way Humans Grieve, Remember, and Face Death Read More »
A major scientific review reveals a deep knowledge gap in how cognition is affected when schizophrenia and personality disorders occur together. Despite the high prevalence and severe outcomes tied to this dual diagnosis, only a small number of rigorous studies have ever examined cognitive functioning in this group.
Cognitive Profiles in Schizophrenia Are Being Ignored Read More »
Regular creative activity is linked to a younger-looking brain and slower brain aging, according to a large international brain-imaging analysis. People who regularly danced, made music, created visual art, or played strategy-based video games showed brain patterns associated with delayed aging.
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New longitudinal research shows that Alzheimer’s disease blood biomarkers rise up to 95 percent faster in people with obesity than in those without. While baseline tests initially appeared lower due to blood dilution, long-term tracking revealed a significantly accelerated buildup of neurodegeneration and amyloid pathology.
Obesity Speeds Alzheimer’s Biomarker by Up to 95 Percent Read More »
A large population analysis found that older adults who received the shingles vaccine were significantly less likely to develop dementia over the following seven years. The study exploited a rare age-based rollout policy that closely mimicked a randomized trial, allowing researchers to isolate the vaccine’s true effect.
Shingles Vaccine Linked to 20% Lower Dementia Risk Read More »
New research suggests that what humans experience as visual beauty may actually be rooted in energy efficiency. Images that require fewer neurons and less metabolic work to process are consistently rated as more aesthetically pleasing.
Beautiful Images Feel Effortless to the Brain Read More »
New research shows that exposure to the smell of fatty foods during pregnancy and early life can reprogram the developing brain and increase the risk of obesity and insulin resistance in adulthood. Even when mothers consumed a healthy low-fat diet, the presence of fatty food odors altered how offspring responded to high-fat foods later.
Smelling Fatty Foods in Pregnancy May Raise Obesity Risk in Children Read More »
Researchers developed an AI system that can reconstruct fine hand muscle activity using only standard video footage. Traditionally, this type of measurement required intrusive electrodes attached to the skin, but the new method eliminates that need entirely.
AI Watches Pianists and Reconstructs Their Muscle Signals Read More »
Scientists tested a multi-step immune-based therapy designed to retrain the body to control HIV without continuous antiviral treatment. After stopping standard HIV drugs, seven out of ten participants maintained low viral levels for extended periods, and one showed no viral rebound at all.
Scientists Achieve Sustained HIV Control Without Lifelong Drugs Read More »
People with chronic insomnia show a delayed and weakened daily rhythm of mental activity, keeping the brain in a more alert, daytime-like state at night. Under tightly controlled conditions, individuals with insomnia failed to show the normal nighttime drop in goal-directed thinking seen in healthy sleepers.
Insomnia Keeps the Brain Stuck in Daytime Mode Read More »
