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Neuropsychologic Associates, PLLC is a holistic neuropsychological practice based in Babylon, New York, with a satellite office in Lynbrook, New York.

Our practice includes clinical neuropsychologist Dr. Robert L. Villanella, certified biofeedback senior fellow and mental health counselor Susan E. Antelis, speech and language pathologist Carla Villanella, clinical social worker and geriatric care manager Angela R. Villanella, and certified dietitian/nutritionist Diane Morgenroth. In addition to our on-site clinical staff, Neuropsychologic Associates, PLLC prides itself in its complement of clinical consultants with whom we collaborate in order to provide our patients with a holistic assessment, treatment, and therapeutic milieu from initial diagnostic interview to decisive patient advocacy.

10/17/2025

⭐Tiny Fat Messengers May Link Obesity to Alzheimer’s Plaque Buildup

Summary: A groundbreaking study reveals how obesity may drive Alzheimer’s disease through tiny messengers called extracellular vesicles released from fat tissue. These vesicles carry lipids that alter how quickly amyloid-β plaques form, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s.

Because they can cross the blood-brain barrier, they act as a direct communication line between body fat and the brain. Targeting these messengers could open new ways to prevent or slow dementia in at-risk individuals.

Key Facts:
▶Fat-to-Brain Link: Extracellular vesicles from body fat can cross the blood-brain barrier.
▶Plaque Formation: Vesicle lipids in obese individuals promote faster amyloid-β clumping.
▶Therapeutic Potential: Blocking this signaling may reduce Alzheimer’s risk in obesity.
Source: Houston Methodist

Read more below:
https://neurosciencenews.com/obesity-alzheimers-neurology-29760/

10/15/2025

⭐Long COVID Linked to Surge in POTS Cases

Summary: Researchers have found that postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) occurs in almost a third of patients with severe long COVID, making it far more common than in the general population. The study, the largest to date on the subject, showed that middle-aged women were most affected, with symptoms including dizziness, rapid heart rate, fatigue, and difficulty concentrating.

While POTS worsens quality of life, the good news is that it can be detected with simple, inexpensive tests and treated with therapies to reduce symptoms. These findings highlight the importance of screening long COVID patients for POTS to improve diagnosis, management, and recovery.

Key Facts:
▶High Prevalence: 31% of severe long COVID patients were diagnosed with POTS.
▶Gender Impact: 91% of affected patients were middle-aged women.
▶Treatment Possible: Simple diagnostic tests and therapies can significantly improve outcomes.
Source: Karolinska Institute

Read more below:
https://neurosciencenews.com/long-covid-pots-neurology-29762/

10/14/2025

⭐Glioblastoma Found to Erode Skull and Hijack Immune System

Summary: Glioblastoma, the most lethal brain cancer, doesn’t just damage the brain—it erodes the skull and disrupts the immune system by reshaping marrow inside the skull. Researchers discovered that tumors increase skull-to-brain channels, allowing waves of inflammatory immune cells to flow to the cancer site, fueling its growth.

Tests in mice and patients revealed skull thinning unique to glioblastoma and immune imbalances that rendered therapies less effective. The findings highlight the urgent need to design treatments that address glioblastoma as a systemic disease rather than a purely local brain tumor.

Key Facts:
▶Skull Erosion: Glioblastoma causes bone loss in the skull, particularly at sutures.
▶Immune Hijacking: Tumors shift skull marrow toward pro-inflammatory cells, fueling aggressiveness.
▶Treatment Challenges: Anti-osteoporosis drugs stopped bone erosion but sometimes worsened tumor progression and blocked immunotherapy benefits.
Source: Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Read more below:
https://neurosciencenews.com/glioblastoma-cancer-immune-system-29766/

10/13/2025

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10/12/2025

⭐Misophonia Might Be a Brain Regulation Disorder

Summary: A new study shows that misophonia, strong negative reactions to certain sounds, is closely linked to cognitive and emotional inflexibility. Participants with high misophonia severity struggled to shift between emotional tasks and reported rigid thinking in daily life.

The condition was also strongly associated with rumination, or repetitive negative thinking, which may drive or exacerbate distress. These findings suggest that misophonia is more than sensory—it involves deeper issues of emotion regulation and executive function.

Key Facts
▶Switching Difficulty: Individuals with misophonia showed reduced accuracy in tasks requiring emotional set-shifting, even when reaction times were unaffected.
▶Cognitive Inflexibility: Self-reported cognitive rigidity was significantly correlated with misophonia, independent of depression, anxiety, and hyperacusis.
▶Rumination Link: Multiple forms of rumination—general, brooding, and anger—were strongly associated with misophonia severity and mediated the link with cognitive inflexibility.
Source: Neuroscience News

Read more below:
https://neurosciencenews.com/misophonia-cognitive-emotional-flexibility-29770/

10/10/2025

⭐Sugar Chains in the Brain: New Pathway Behind Depression Found

Summary: Scientists have discovered that depression can be driven by abnormal sugar modifications on proteins in the brain, offering a new molecular pathway for understanding the disorder. Chronic stress was shown to reduce sialylation—a stabilizing sugar process—in the prefrontal cortex, impairing neural circuit stability and triggering depressive symptoms.

Manipulating the enzyme St3gal1 revealed its central role: reducing it induced depressive-like behaviors in mice, while restoring it alleviated symptoms. This breakthrough moves treatment strategies beyond serotonin regulation and opens the door to targeted therapies for treatment-resistant depression.

Key Facts:
▶New Pathway: Depression is linked to disrupted glycosylation, not just neurotransmitters.
▶Critical Enzyme: Loss of St3gal1 destabilizes brain circuits and induces depressive behaviors.
▶Therapeutic Target: Findings pave the way for new diagnostic markers and treatments.
Source: Institute for Basic Science

Depression is a serious disorder that disrupts daily life through lethargy, sleep disturbance, and social withdrawal, and also increases the risk of su***de.

Read more below:
https://neurosciencenews.com/sugar-chain-depression-29767/
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10/09/2025

⭐Born to Connect: Newborn Brain Already Wired for Social Awareness

Summary: A new study reveals that the brain’s social perception pathway—a network that processes faces, gaze, and speech—is already active at birth or shortly thereafter. Using advanced imaging data, researchers showed that newborns exhibit robust connectivity in regions responsible for visual and social processing.

Infants with stronger early connectivity paid greater attention to faces at four months and displayed fewer social difficulties by 18 months. The discovery sheds light on the neural roots of social behavior and could inform early detection of autism spectrum disorder.

Key Facts:
▶Early Activation: The brain’s social perception network is active within weeks of birth.
▶Predictive Connectivity: Stronger newborn brain connectivity predicts better facial attention and social outcomes.
▶Autism Insight: Findings could help identify early markers for social difficulties linked to autism.
Source: Yale

Paying less attention to faces is one of the key markers of autism spectrum disorder. But while researchers have begun to uncover the brain network that supports processing of social stimuli such as faces, gaze, and speech, little is known about how and when it begins to develop.

Read more below:
https://neurosciencenews.com/baby-brain-social-awareness-29768/

10/07/2025

⭐How Growing Up Changes the Way We Hear, and Feel, Music

Summary: Our music preferences evolve across life — from youthful exploration to nostalgic reflection. A large-scale analysis of 40,000 users’ streaming data over 15 years revealed that young listeners engage broadly with new and popular music, while adults settle into more personal and emotionally rooted tastes.

With age, nostalgia becomes a dominant force, shaping listening habits around the music of one’s youth. These findings highlight how deeply intertwined music, identity, and memory are — and how platforms can better cater to listeners across generations.

Key Facts:
▶Expansive Youth Listening: Adolescents explore diverse and trendy genres across the musical spectrum.
▶Nostalgic Shift: Older listeners increasingly return to songs from their youth, reflecting emotional ties and memory.
▶Personalization Insight: Findings could improve age-tailored music recommendations for streaming services.
Source: University of Gothenburg

Read more below:
https://neurosciencenews.com/music-mood-feeling-aging-29769/

10/06/2025

⭐Do You Get Déjà Vu? Memory Glitches Make Time Feel Repeated

Summary: Déjà vu—the eerie feeling that a new moment has happened before—has puzzled scientists and philosophers for centuries. Neuroscientists now believe it’s a normal brain glitch tied to how memory and perception interact.

Studies show that brief electrical discharges in the temporal lobe and hippocampus can evoke this sensation, similar to what occurs in mild epilepsy. Psychologists also link déjà vu to unconscious processing of familiar patterns, where the brain notices details we don’t consciously register, creating a false sense of familiarity.

Key Facts:
▶Memory Mix-Up: Déjà vu likely arises when the brain mistakenly flags a new experience as familiar due to overlapping memory circuits.
▶Neural Basis: The phenomenon is associated with activity in the hippocampus and frontal brain regions responsible for memory conflict detection.
▶Subconscious Signals: Subtle sensory cues can trigger déjà vu when the brain unconsciously processes information it cannot fully identify.
Source: University of Melbourne

Read more below:
https://neurosciencenews.com/deja-vu-memory-neuroscience-29771/

10/02/2025

⭐Most Daily Actions Run on Habit, Not Conscious Choice

Summary: New research shows that nearly two-thirds of daily behaviors are triggered by habit rather than conscious decision-making. Participants often acted automatically in familiar settings, reflecting learned associations.

Almost half of these habits were also aligned with personal goals, suggesting that people create routines that support their intentions. The findings highlight the power of habit in shaping behavior and point to strategies for building healthier lifestyles by focusing on habit formation and disruption.

Key Facts
▶Habit Dominance: 65% of daily behaviors were driven by habit, not active choice.
▶Goal Alignment: 46% of habitual actions also matched people’s conscious intentions.
▶Health Implication: Interventions should target forming positive habits and disrupting harmful ones.
Source: University of Surrey

Read more below:
https://neurosciencenews.com/conscious-choice-neuroscience-29722/

09/24/2025

⭐Most Daily Actions Run on Habit, Not Conscious Choice
Summary: New research shows that nearly two-thirds of daily behaviors are triggered by habit rather than conscious decision-making. Participants often acted automatically in familiar settings, reflecting learned associations.

Almost half of these habits were also aligned with personal goals, suggesting that people create routines that support their intentions. The findings highlight the power of habit in shaping behavior and point to strategies for building healthier lifestyles by focusing on habit formation and disruption.

Key Facts
▶Habit Dominance: 65% of daily behaviors were driven by habit, not active choice.
▶Goal Alignment: 46% of habitual actions also matched people’s conscious intentions.
▶Health Implication: Interventions should target forming positive habits and disrupting harmful ones.
Source: University of Surrey

Read more below:
https://neurosciencenews.com/conscious-choice-neuroscience-29722/

09/23/2025

⭐Left or Right? Brain’s Split Determines How We Map Numbers

Summary: A study in newborn chicks shows that brain lateralisation is essential for the development of a left-to-right mental number line. Chicks with strongly lateralised brains consistently mapped numbers from left to right, while weakly lateralised chicks did not display this pattern.

The findings provide the first direct evidence that lateralisation drives spatial–numerical associations, suggesting our sense of numbers may be biologically grounded rather than purely cultural. This research deepens our understanding of cognitive development and could shed light on why numerical reasoning differs across individuals.

Key Facts
▶Direct Evidence: Brain lateralisation is necessary for left-to-right numerical mapping in chicks.
▶Light Exposure Effect: Embryonic light exposure boosted lateralisation and enhanced numerical–spatial performance.
▶Biological Basis: The study suggests number–space associations are innate, not just culturally learned.
Source: eLife

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Neuropsychologic Associates, PLLC is a holistic neuropsychological practice based in Babylon, New York, with a satellite office in Lynbrook, New York. Our practice includes clinical neuropsychologist Dr. Robert L. Villanella, board certified biofeedback and qEEG brain mapping clinician Sean Peters, clinical social worker and geriatric care manager Angela Villanella, certified dietitian/nutritionist Diane Morgenroth, and certified biofeedback senior fellow and mental health counselor Susan E. Antelis.

In addition to our on-site clinical staff, Neuropsychologic Associates, PLLC prides itself in its complement of clinical consultants with whom we collaborate in order to provide our patients with a holistic assessment, treatment, and therapeutic milieu from initial diagnostic interview to decisive patient advocacy.