Washington [US], August 20 (ANI): Whether listening to a concerto by Bach or the latest pop tunes on Spotify, the human brain does not wait passively for the song to unfold. Instead, when a musical phrase has an unresolved or uncertain quality about it our brains automatically predict how the melody will end.
E-Mail As a newcomer to Denmark and to Aarhus University, it is a genuine honour to have been selected as the recipient of this year s Victor Albeck award. Winning this prize as a researcher in the Humanities means a very great deal because it shows that Humanities research is valued at Aarhus University, said Isabelle Torrance.
Isabelle Torrance began her research career at Aarhus University with a 3-year fellowship at AIAS (Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies) in 2016, coming from a tenured position as Associate Professor at the University of Notre Dame in the US. During her AIAS fellowship stay, Torrance was awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for her project on Classical Influences and Irish Culture (CLIC) (2019-2024). The ERC grant has allowed her to establish her own research group, which is based at Aarhus University, where Isabelle Torrance is professor of Classical Reception in English and Other Modern European Literatures and Cultures since 2019.
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Parkinson s disease has always been considered a brain disorder. However, new research reveals a close link between the disease and certain immune cells in the blood.
Researchers from Aarhus University have taken the first step on a path which can lead to new ways of understanding and, in the long term, possibly treating this widespread disease that affects not only motor functions but also cognition and emotions. We know that Parkinson s disease is characterized by an inflammation in the brain, and that this is crucial for the progression of the disease. But in the study, our interest has been focused on the immune cells found outside the brain, explains Marina Romero-Ramos, who is associate professor at the Department of Biomedicine at Aarhus University.
The results of a new Danish study by researchers from iPSYCH show that the amount of green space surrounding children s homes has influence for the risk of developing ADHD. The study is so far the largest of its kind.
Children exposed to green surroundings may have lower risk of developing ADHD
The amount of green space surrounding children s homes could be important for their risk of developing ADHD. This is shown by new research results from iPSYCH.
A team of researchers from Aarhus University has studied how green space around the residence affects the risk of children and adolescents being diagnosed with ADHD. And the researchers find an association. Our findings show that children who have been exposed to less green surroundings in their residential area in early childhood, which we define as lasting up until age five, have an increased risk of receiving an ADHD diagnosis when compared to children who have been surrounded by the highest level of green space, says Malene Thygesen, who is one of the researchers behind the study.