Small and seemingly specialized, the brain's locus coeruleus (LC) region has been stereotyped for its outsized export of the arousal-stimulating neuromodulator norepinephrine. In a new paper and with a new grant from the ...
Jul 23, 2021
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"Keep calm and carry on" may not be the best mantra when it comes to managing stress in the context of COVID-19.
Jul 15, 2021
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Most people with a serious mental illness like schizophrenia will not obtain adequate care. Many end up in correctional facilities on medication or become homeless.
Jun 18, 2021
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To focus on what's new, we disregard what's not. A new study by researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory substantially advances understanding of how a mammalian brain enables this "visual recognition ...
Jun 9, 2021
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Thanks to so-called 'deep learning," a subset of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms inspired by the brain, machines can match human performance in perception and language recognition and even outperform humans in certain ...
May 3, 2021
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The decision to donate to a charity is often driven by emotion rather than by calculated assessments based on how to make the biggest impact. In a review article published on April 29 in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, ...
Apr 29, 2021
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Usually, the different areas in the cerebrum take on a very specific function. For example, they process our movements or things we see or hear, i.e. direct physical information. However, some areas of the brain come into ...
Mar 26, 2021
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A decline in cognitive functions—such as memory, attention and decision-making—is connected to the tightest restrictions in Scotland's COVID-19 lockdown, a new peer-reviewed study has found.
Mar 24, 2021
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Adolescence is the time when most mental health problems arise. Diagnoses of psychiatric illnesses increase across the board, with teenagers suffering not only from mood disorders such as depression, but also from the most ...
Mar 18, 2021
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In the midst of a pandemic that has claimed more than 2 million lives worldwide and disrupted nearly every facet of society since it appeared more than a year ago, understanding the factors that create and facilitate disease ...
Mar 9, 2021
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