News tagged with functional magnetic resonance imaging

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New tools for Alzheimer's may aid early diagnosis and treatment

Curtailing the imminent rise in Alzheimer's disease (AD) will require early, accurate diagnostic tests and treatments, and researchers are closer to achieving these two goals. New findings in medical imaging, molecular analysis ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study links hippocampus with unconscious bias

(Medical Xpress)—A new US study into brain function has found links between preferences and the regions of the brain involved in connecting new memories to old ones. The associations formed provide shortcuts ...

Neuroscience created Oct 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Interaction between auditory cortex and amygdala responsible for our response to unpleasant sounds, research finds

(Medical Xpress)—Heightened activity between the emotional and auditory parts of the brain explains why the sound of chalk on a blackboard or a knife on a bottle is so unpleasant.

Neuroscience created Oct 10, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Compassion meditation may boost neural basis of empathy, study finds

(Medical Xpress)—A compassion-based meditation program can significantly improve a person's ability to read the facial expressions of others, finds a study published by Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 04, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Not getting sleepy? Study explains why hypnosis doesn't work for all

Not everyone is able to be hypnotized, and new research from the Stanford University School of Medicine shows how the brains of such people differ from those who can easily be.

Neuroscience created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How memory load leaves us 'blind' to new visual information

(Medical Xpress)—Trying to keep an image we've just seen in memory can leave us blind to things we are 'looking' at, according to the results of a new study supported by the Wellcome Trust.

Neuroscience created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neuroscientists investigate lotteries to study how the brain evaluates risk

People are faced with thousands of choices every day, some inane and some risky. Scientists know that the areas of the brain that evaluate risk are the same for each person, but what makes the value assigned ...

Neuroscience created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Autistic adults have unreliable neural responses, study finds

Autism is a disorder well known for its complex changes in behavior—including repeating actions over and over and having difficulty with social interactions and language. Current approaches to understanding ...

Neuroscience created Sep 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Imaging the network traffic in our brains

MRI brain scans no longer just show the various regions of brain activity; nowadays the networks in the brain can now be imaged with ever greater precision. This will make functional MRI (fMRI) increasingly ...

Neuroscience created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study shows brain function differences in women with anorexia

A new study published in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience by researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at UT Dallas and UT Southwestern found brain-based differences in how women with and without anor ...

Neuroscience created Sep 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Neurocognitive deficits seen in survivors of pediatric Hodgkin's

(HealthDay)—Adult long-term survivors of childhood Hodgkin's lymphoma are at risk for neurocognitive impairment, according to research published online Sept. 4 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Cancer created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The value of literature, now supported by MRI imaging

(Medical Xpress)—The inside of an MRI machine might not seem like the best place to cozy up and concentrate on a good novel, but a team of researchers at Stanford are asking readers to do just that.

Neuroscience created Sep 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mathematics or memory? Posterior medial cortex study charts collision course in brain

You already know it's hard to balance your checkbook while simultaneously reflecting on your past. Now, investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine—having done the equivalent of wire-tapping ...

Neuroscience created Sep 03, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Math ability requires crosstalk in the brain

A new study by researchers at UT Dallas' Center for Vital Longevity, Duke University, and the University of Michigan has found that the strength of communication between the left and right hemispheres of ...

Neuroscience created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

'Harmless' condition shown to alter brain function in elderly

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic say a common condition called leukoaraiosis, made up of tiny areas in the brain that have been deprived of oxygen and appear as bright white dots on MRI scans, is not a harmless part of the ...

Neuroscience created Aug 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast