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Speech rehabilitation experts can predict how well a patient will recover from aphasia, a disorder caused by damage to the part of the brain responsible for producing language.

Why do some babies react to perceived danger more than others? According to new research part of the answer may be found in a surprising place: an infant's digestive system.

Scientists have demonstrated that conolidine, a natural painkiller derived from the pinwheel flower and traditionally used in Chinese medicine, interacts with the newly identified opioid receptor ACKR3/CXCR7 that regulates opioid peptides naturally produced in the brain. The researchers also developed a synthetic analogue of conolidine, RTI-5152-12, which displays an even greater activity on the receptor.

Researchers examined if the speech-to-song illusion happens in adults who are 55 or older as powerfully as it does with younger people.

A small chip inserted under the skin can monitor patients after common forms of stroke to predict those at high risk of a recurrent stroke. The chip may help physicians identify patients who could benefit from stroke prevention therapies.

Men are more likely to make extreme choices and decisions than women, according to new research on economic decision-making, led by an international team of scientists.

A new measure of brain health may offer a novel approach to identifying individuals at risk of memory and thinking problems, according to new research results.

A new study shows that tai chi mirrors the beneficial effects of conventional exercise by reducing waist circumference in middle-aged and older adults with central obesity.