NeuropsychologyAug 17, 2026
New study says avoiding three things can possibly delay dementia 13 years
A North Texas physician explains how Type 2 diabetes, smoking and high blood pressure affect the likelihood of dementia.
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NeuropsychologyAug 17, 2026
A psychological network analysis of self-reported spatial cognitive strategies in commercial airline pilots and non-pilots
ObjectivesSpatial navigation is a critical skill in aviation. Traditional research focusing on isolated scores cannot reveal the interactive architecture of cognitive components. This study employed psychological network…
NeuropsychologyAug 17, 2026
Darting during platform-mediated avoidance in male and female rats is spatially organized between reward and safety locations
The platform-mediated active avoidance (PMA) task has been used as a rodent model of decision-based active avoidance in which rats learn to avoid a tone-signaled shock. Prior studies utilizing the PMA task have primarily…
NeuropsychologyAug 17, 2026
Killing behaviors in rodents: from predation to infanticide
Killing is the most extreme behavior that an animal can perform toward another. Rodents are one of the best examples of evolutionary adaptation, being the mammals with the highest number of species and having developed…
NeuropsychologyAug 17, 2026
Explainable AD classification using integrated quantum-inspired deep neural and transformer models
The classification of Alzheimerâs disease (AD) is often not consistent and reliable due to heterogeneous neurodegenerative patterns and the non-generalization of various imaging sources. This study proposes an…
NeuropsychologyAug 17, 2026
Hunger states modulate aggression via opposing dopamine pathways
Hunger drives aggression, making animals “hangry”. Yet the underlying neural mechanism is unclear. Here, we identified a “hangry neuron” in the mushroom body of Drosophila that transforms hunger states into aggression…
NeuropsychologyAug 17, 2026
Ascending and descending motor pathways converge in the centrolateral nucleus of the thalamus
The tectorecipient thalamus plays a critical role in the dynamic interplay between cortical and subcortical activity patterns; yet integration of these signals at the individual neuron level remains poorly understood…
NeuropsychologyAug 16, 2026
Electronic health record screening identifies dementia risks in primary care settings
Electronic health record screenings can enable primary care providers to identify patients at high risk for mild cognitive impairment and dementia, according to data presented at the Alzheimer’s ...
NeuropsychologyAug 16, 2026
Brain Age Tied to Dementia Risk in Patients With Subjective Cognitive Decline
An automated MRI measure shows that each extra year the brain appears older than chronologic age is linked to increased dementia risk, especially in patients with subjective cognitive concerns.
NeuropsychologyAug 16, 2026
Government launches dementia prevention campaign for Australians turning 50
The initiative will see around 340,000 Australians who turned 50 between 1 July 2025 and 30 June 2026 receive a letter outlining the lifestyle changes that can help lower their chances of developing ...
NeuropsychologyAug 16, 2026
Your Sleeping Brain Could Reveal Future Dementia Risk
Dementia affects millions of families around the world and becomes more common as people grow older. Doctors have effective ways to diagnose dementia after memory problems begin, but predicting who ...
NeuropsychologyAug 16, 2026
Could a Weight Loss Medicine Also Protect You From Dementia?
Could a medicine you're already considering for weight loss also lower your risk of dementia, one of the most feared diseases of aging?
NeuropsychologyAug 16, 2026
A little movement in midlife could pay off for your brain years later
Exercise and healthy blood sugar levels in midlife may help slow cognitive decline decades later. Physical activity appeared especially beneficial for Mexican American adults, suggesting that some brain-protective…
NeuropsychologyAug 16, 2026
The everyday mineral a Harvard doctor says could help protect your brain from dementia
A decade-long study looked at 27 metals in the brain – and found one surprising link to Alzheimer’s ...
NeuropsychologyAug 16, 2026
Are Alto Neuroscience’s (ANRO) Rising Losses Funding a Stronger Depression Pipeline or Diluting Discipline?
Alto Neuroscience, Inc. reported its second-quarter and first-half 2026 results, recording a wider net loss of US$27.64 million for Q2 and US$53.88 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, with ...
NeuropsychologyAug 16, 2026
Amyloid and aging reshape glial waste management in APP/PS1 mice
Several IgM-reactive structures have recently been proposed as components of glial and meningeal waste-handling pathways in mice: Periodic Acid-Schiff (PAS)-positive polyglucosan granules, extraparenchymal (EP) IgM+…
NeuropsychologyAug 15, 2026
Shackled men in 2,600-year-old Greek mass graves were likely locals, archaeologists find
In 2016, archaeologists working at the Phaleron Burial Ground, part of the ancient Attica region, uncovered an astonishing sight: three mass graves dating to the 7th and 6th centuries BCE containing the skeletons of 79…
NeuropsychologyAug 15, 2026
MIT Study Finds The Brain’s Language Network Is Larger Than Previously Thought
New research suggests the brain’s language system extends well beyond the traditional regions associated with speech and comprehension.
NeuropsychologyAug 15, 2026
Want to protect your brain as you age? Neurologist Dr Arun Shah shares 3 lifestyle changes that may lower dementia risk
Dementia isn’t always an inevitable part of ageing. From high BP to smoking, a neurologist explains lifestyle risks that may affect brain health and what to do.
NeuropsychologyAug 15, 2026
This is the single best diet to help prevent dementia, according to a Harvard professor
Nearly half of dementia cases may be preventable through lifestyle – and the foods you eat could make all the difference ...
NeuropsychologyAug 15, 2026
It’s Never Too Late to Improve Your Brain, According to New Research
“All ages showed improvement, which challenges the idea that cognitive ability declines at a certain age,” says Ejaz Shamim, MD, a neurologist with Kaiser Permanente in Maryland. “Even those who ...
NeuropsychologyAug 15, 2026
Do People With Dementia Really Know They Have It?
Dementia changes much more than memory. It can affect thinking, language, judgment, emotions and the ability to manage everyday tasks, and over time it may also change how clearly a person understands ...
NeuropsychologyAug 15, 2026
The false and the furious: We aren't just bothered by different beliefs—we're bothered when we think others are wrong
Why do disagreements about vaccines, climate change or elections often feel so personal? Our research suggests it is not simply because other people have different beliefs. It is because we think those beliefs are…
NeuropsychologyAug 15, 2026
Adolescent alcohol exposure disrupts astrocyte-synaptic structural and functional coupling in the male dorsal hippocampus
Adolescence is a window of heightened vulnerability to the neurotoxic effects of binge ethanol exposure. Adolescent intermittent ethanol (AIE) exposure has been shown to induce long-lasting cognitive and behavioral…
NeuropsychologyAug 15, 2026
Determinants of disability adaptation following rehabilitation in individuals with spinal cord injury in Bangladesh: A 6-Month to 10-year post-injury analysis
A cross-sectional study design. This study explored how individuals with SCI in Bangladesh adapt to disability following rehabilitation and identified the key determinants that influence this adaptation. Adaptation to…
NeuropsychologyAug 15, 2026
Neurabin I haploinsufficiency disrupts ion channel regulation and synaptic maturation in human cortical neurons in neurodevelopmental disorders
Heterozygous loss-of-function variants in Neurabin I (PPP1R9A), responsible for encoding a cytoskeletal scaffolding protein essential for synaptic plasticity, are recurrently associated with neurodevelopmental and…
NeuropsychologyAug 15, 2026
Postmortem anterior cingulate lipid composition in people who died by suicide: exploratory multivariate findings shaped by age and environmental factors
Suicide is a major public health concern, and lipid metabolism has been implicated in its neurobiology. We profiled fatty-acid composition in bilateral pregenual anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) samples obtained at…
NeuropsychologyAug 15, 2026
Multistable attractor dynamics as a systems level hypothesis for treatment refractoriness in rheumatic disease
Treatment refractoriness in chronic rheumatic disease — formalised for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by the EULAR 2021 difficult-to-treat (D2T) criteria and affecting ~12% of patients — is not addressable by any…
NeuropsychologyAug 15, 2026
PARP1 contributes to neuropathic pain via GPX4-dependent sensory neuron ferroptosis in nerve-injured mice
Neuropathic pain is associated with sensory neuron injury, and ferroptosis has been implicated in neuronal damage and death. However, the regulatory mechanism of ferroptosis in neuropathic pain remains unclear. This…
NeuropsychologyAug 15, 2026
Decoding the clinical masking effect in SAA-positive Parkinson’s disease: from central mechanistic dichotomy to a peripheral diagnostic panel
Despite global efforts to develop disease-modifying therapies for Parkinson’s disease (PD), recurrent trial failures persist, likely driven by profound and unstratified molecular heterogeneity. The advent of α-syn seed…