Why are we so sure that the way we see people, situations and politics is accurate, and the way other people see them is foolishly wrong?
Jun 9, 2022
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Researchers from HSE University have shown how the brain works differently depending on whether a subject is dealing with common (shared) or private natural resources. The ventral striatum—the so-called pleasure center—plays ...
Mar 18, 2022
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We asked David Silbersweig—Stanley Cobb Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical School, co-director of the Center for the Neurosciences at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and co-author of a 2018 paper on the neurobiological ...
Dec 15, 2021
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In recent decades, psychologists and psychotherapists have developed a wide range of new therapeutic approaches and strategies to increase their patients' wellbeing. Two distinct practices found to be particularly promising ...
A new study of brain activity patterns in people doing a memory task finds that the way we make inferences—finding hidden connections between different experiences—changes dramatically as we age. The study's findings ...
Nov 15, 2021
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In a first-ever study, orgasmic meditation, a unique spiritual practice that uses stimulation of a woman's clitoris as its focus, has been found to produce a distinctive pattern of brain function, according to a study published ...
Nov 11, 2021
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A new study led by Dr. Beth Parkin, senior lecturer in psychology from the Cognitive Neuroscience Group at the University of Westminster, has discovered that a substantial proportion of people with Parkinson's disease have ...
Sep 6, 2021
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A Caltech professor, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Southern California, has demonstrated for the first time a new technology for imaging the human brain using laser light and ultrasonic sound waves.
Jun 7, 2021
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Anyone who has watched an infant's eyes follow a dangling trinket dancing in front of them knows that babies are capable of paying attention with laser focus.
Mar 18, 2021
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Looking out for number one has been important for survival for as long as there have been human beings.
Mar 17, 2021
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