How to Use Your Brain to Make Time Work for You

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Monday, April 14, 2025 | Neuroscience

Have you ever noticed how time stretches endlessly during a tedious presentation yet passes quickly when you’;re engaged in something exciting? This isn’;t just a trick of the mind, but a process shaped by the brain, and new results show anterior cingulate cortex...

Hippocampal output suppresses orbitofrontal cortex schema cell formation

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Monday, April 14, 2025 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 14 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41593-025-01928-zInactivation of the ventral subiculum does not change existing schema cells in the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) but aids their formation during new learning. This challenges the idea...

Spatially clustered neurons in the bat midbrain encode vocalization categories

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Monday, April 14, 2025 | Neuroscience

Nature Neuroscience, Published online: 14 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s41593-025-01932-3Using two-photon imaging in awake bats, the authors show that the inferior colliculus encodes vocalization categories as categorical primitives—spatially clustered, category-selective...

The association between cigarette smoking and sleep deprivation among adolescents in Gulf Cooperation Council countries: analysis of national surveys

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | Neuroscience

Objectives: To examine the association between sleep deprivation and cigarette smoking among adolescents in the “Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)” countries, accounting for relevant sociodemographic and behavioral factors. Methods: The present study was...

Do people with multiple sclerosis in Saudi Arabia want to know their prognosis? A cross-sectional nationwide study

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | Neuroscience

Objectives: To investigate whether Persons with MS (pwMS) in Saudi Arabia want to discuss their long-term prognosis (LTP) and the factors influencing this decision using a self-administered online questionnaire. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, an online...

Exploring physiotherapists ability to identify cauda equina syndrome early

by Clinical Neuropsychologist | Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | Neuroscience

Objectives: To explore the ability of physiotherapists in Saudi Arabia to identify cauda equina syndrome (CES) in a timely manner, and to identify the methods used by physiotherapists to manage patients with suspected CES. Methods: This study utilized a...