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Lost your keys? Your cat? The brain can rapidly mobilize a search party

A contact lens on the bathroom floor, an escaped hamster in the backyard, a car key in a bed of gravel: How are we able to focus so sharply to find that proverbial needle in a haystack? Scientists at the University ...

Neuroscience created Apr 21, 2013 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study finds brain system for emotional self-control

Different brain areas are activated when we choose to suppress an emotion, compared to when we are instructed to inhibit an emotion, according a new study from the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Ghent University.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Methylphenidate 'normalizes' activation in key brain areas in kids with ADHD

The stimulant drug methylphenidate "normalizes" activation of several brain areas in young patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a review published in the May Harvard Review of Psychiatry. ...

Attention deficit disorders created May 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Research determines how the brain computes tool use

(Medical Xpress)—With a goal of helping patients with spinal cord injuries, Jason Gallivan and a team of researchers at Queen's University's Department of Psychology and Centre for Neuroscience Studies are probing deep ...

Neuroscience created May 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain's vision secrets unraveled

A new study led by scientists at the Universities of York and Bradford has identified the two areas of the brain responsible for our perception of orientation and shape.

Neuroscience created Feb 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Implanted prosthetic device restores, improves impaired decision-making ability in monkeys

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers have taken a key step towards recovering specific brain functions in sufferers of brain disease and injuries by successfully restoring the decision-making processes in monkeys.

Neuroscience created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research shows how two brain areas interact to trigger divergent emotional behaviors

New research from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine for the first time explains exactly how two brain regions interact to promote emotionally motivated behaviors associated with anxiety ...

Neuroscience created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Morphine and cocaine affect reward sensation differently

(Medical Xpress)—A new study by scientists in the US has found that the opiate morphine and the stimulant cocaine act on the reward centers in the brain in different ways, contradicting previous theories ...

Medical research created Oct 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Early stress may sensitize girls' brains for later anxiety

High levels of family stress in infancy are linked to differences in everyday brain function and anxiety in teenage girls, according to new results of a long-running population study by University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists.

Neuroscience created Nov 11, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Learning high-performance tasks with no conscious effort may soon be possible (w/ video)

(Medical Xpress) -- New research published today in the journal Science suggests it may be possible to use brain technology to learn to play a piano, reduce mental stress or hit a curve ball with little or no ...

Neuroscience created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (38) | comments 26 | with audio podcast

Major study finds memory in adults impacted by versions of four genes

Two research studies, co-led by UC Davis neurologist Charles DeCarli and conducted by an international team that included more than 80 scientists at 71 institutions in eight countries, has advanced understanding ...

Genetics created Apr 15, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists induce, relieve depression symptoms in mice with light

Among those who suffer from depression, the dual inabilities to experience enjoyment in things once pleasurable and to physically motivate oneself—to meet challenges, or even to get out of bed in the morning—have been ...

Neuroscience created Dec 12, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New study shows what happens in the brain to make music rewarding

A new study reveals what happens in our brain when we decide to purchase a piece of music when we hear it for the first time. The study, conducted at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital – The ...

Neuroscience created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study shows men better at reading emotions in other men than in women

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at LWL-University Hospital in Bochum, Germany have found that male volunteers looking at photographs of human eyes were better at guessing the "mood" of the person in the picture, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

New research reveals exactly how the human brain adapts to injury

For the first time, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging (CCBI) have used a new combination of neural imaging methods to discover exactly how the human brain adapts ...

Neuroscience created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast