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Imaging-based algorithms to predict autism spectrum disorder diagnosis look promising.

A large study that investigates just what keeps our brains sharp as we age and what contributes to cognitive decline has been launched by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital, the University of Minnesota Medical School and the University of California Los Angeles.

Researchers used resting-state fluctuation amplitudes from functional MRI to show that long-term cerebrovascular consequences increase in relation to COVID-19 severity.

Future studies are needed to develop specific motor imagery protocols.

Multiple concussions appear to disrupt the brains default mode network, which could increase the risk of possible long-term cognitive disruption, according to a new study.

Adolescents and young adults with post-concussive symptoms who suffered three to five concussions showed disruption in the default mode network, an interconnected network of brain regions involved in wakeful rest and internal thoughts.

Very young children learn words at a tremendous rate. Now researchers at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis, have for the first time seen how specific brain regions activate as two-year-olds remember newly learned words -; while the children were sleeping.

Between two regions of your brain and they found that was highly correlated with an individual print. so almost like a fingerprint can uniquely identify a person, they are suggesting that this brain print is intrinsic to individuals, that its there and that, in fact, is a static thing, that you can identify people based on this pattern of connectivity in their brains. its really quite interesting. >> so its fascinating. for me to understand it a little better, i mean, i presume that everyones br...

country more than 100,000 veterans, men and women who fought for their country, are literally sleeping on the streets. more than 8,000 in los angeles alone. what surprised me more is that theres a plot of land, nearly 400 acres, that was donated -- its free just to build a home for vets. it would have been a lifesaver for one vet i met in los angeles. >> you are young. how old are you? >> 22. almost 23. >> almost 23. you are from this area originally? >> san fernando valley. just up ov...