How your brain reacts to buying groceries can reveal your politics

Can grocery purchases help you spot a Republican or a Democrat? Yes, if you have a brain scanner, researchers report.

Nathan Cook-Iowa State • futurity
March 31, 2025 ~7 min

Bird brain discovery could lead to earlier Alzheimer’s diagnoses

Vocal changes in birds may predict age-related disorders like Alzheimer's disease in people, according to a new study.

Kyle Mittan-U. Arizona • futurity
March 25, 2025 ~5 min


How early-life stress can ‘reprogram’ the brain

A new study examines the mechanisms behind the long-term consequences of childhood stress.

UC Irvine • futurity
March 20, 2025 ~7 min

Seeing trauma triggers changes in the brain

"Our research suggests that indirect trauma and direct trauma create different biological responses..."

Marya Barlow-Virginia Tech • futurity
March 18, 2025 ~5 min

Pupils shed light on the brain during sleep

A look under the eyelids reveal that more happens in the brain during sleep than was previously assumed, researchers report.

ETH Zurich • futurity
March 13, 2025 ~7 min

‘Midlife window’ could be key for preventing brain decline

New research offers insights into when interventions to prevent cognitive decline might be most effective.

Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook • futurity
March 6, 2025 ~8 min

Adversity can lead to delayed brain development in teens

"...early adverse experiences not only predict and impact mental health such as depression and anxiety, but also affect brain development."

Beck Lockwood-Sheffield • futurity
Feb. 24, 2025 ~8 min

2 key brain signals could point to custom depression treatment

"We're moving toward a future where mental health care is as unique as each person's mind."

Whitney Slightham - Virginia Tech • futurity
Feb. 5, 2025 ~7 min


Listen: How ads and politicians weaponize fear

We’re bombarded with messaging trying to hijack our quick fear responses, says political scientist Marika Landau-Wells.

UC Berkeley • futurity
Feb. 5, 2025 ~3 min

People with sickle cell disease seem to have older brains

A new study finds that participants with sickle cell disease had brains that appeared an average of 14 years older than their actual age.

Marta Wegorzewska-WUSTL • futurity
Jan. 28, 2025 ~7 min

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