News tagged with functional magnetic resonance imaging
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Neural interaction in periods of silence
German neurophysiologists have developed a new method to study widespread networks of neurons responsible for our memory.
Neuroscience
Nov 21, 2012 |
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This is your brain on freestyle rap: Study reveals characteristic brain patterns of lyrical improvisation
Researchers in the voice, speech, and language branch of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have used functional magnetic resonance imaging ...
Neuroscience
Nov 15, 2012 |
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In a noisy environment, lip-reading can help us to better understand the person we are speaking to
(Medical Xpress)—In a noisy environment, lip-reading can aid understanding of a conversation. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences who have been investigating this ...
Neuroscience
Nov 13, 2012 |
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Do your neuroses make you more prone to 'contagious' itching?
(Medical Xpress)—Have you ever experienced the feelings of itchiness while watching someone else scratch? Scientists University of Sussex and the University of Hull have found the part of the brain responsible ...
Neuroscience
Nov 13, 2012 |
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Increased risk of carotid artery wall thickening in COPD
(HealthDay)—For older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the likelihood of carotid artery thickening is increased and vulnerable lipid core plaques are more frequent than in controls ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Nov 12, 2012 |
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Meditation produces enduring changes in emotional processing in the brain, study shows
A new study has found that participating in an 8-week meditation training program can have measurable effects on how the brain functions even when someone is not actively meditating. In their report in the ...
Neuroscience
Nov 12, 2012 |
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Mental fatigue impairs midbrain function in cocaine-addicted individuals, researchers find
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have revealed a new connection between drug addiction and a distinct part of the brain that may govern ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 09, 2012 |
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Making memories: Researchers explore the anatomy of recollection
With the help of data collected from intracranial electrodes implanted on epilepsy patients, researchers in Drexel's School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems are getting a rare look inside the brain in ...
Neuroscience
Nov 08, 2012 |
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The brain of OCD sufferers is more active when faced with a moral dilemma
Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder are characterised by persistent thoughts and repetitive behaviours. A new study reveals that sufferers worry considerably more than the general population in the ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 08, 2012 |
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Learning who's the top dog: Study reveals how the brain stores information about social rank
Researchers supported by the Wellcome Trust have discovered that we use a different part of our brain to learn about social hierarchies than we do to learn ordinary information. The study provides clues as to how this information ...
Neuroscience
Nov 08, 2012 |
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Early treatment sparks striking brain changes in autism
When given early treatment, children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) made significant improvements in behavior, communication, and most strikingly, brain function, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Nov 06, 2012 |
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Brain imaging alone cannot diagnose autism
In a column appearing in the current issue of the journal Nature, McLean Hospital biostatistician Nicholas Lange, ScD, cautions against heralding the use of brain imaging scans to diagnose autism and urges greater focus ...
Autism spectrum disorders
Nov 02, 2012 |
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Inflammation and cognition in schizophrenia
There are a growing number of clues that immune and inflammatory mechanisms are important for the biology of schizophrenia. In a new study in Biological Psychiatry, Dr. Mar Fatjó-Vilas and colleagues explored the impact ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Science reveals the power of a handshake
(Medical Xpress)—New neuroscience research is confirming an old adage about the power of a handshake: strangers do form a better impression of those who proffer their hand in greeting. The study was led ...
Neuroscience
Oct 19, 2012 |
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Research discovers two opposite ways our brain voluntarily forgets unwanted memories
If only there were a way to forget that humiliating faux pas at last night's dinner party. It turns out there's not one, but two opposite ways in which the brain allows us to voluntarily forget unwanted memories, ...
Neuroscience
Oct 17, 2012 |
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