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Study suggests clenching right hand may help form memories, left may help recall words

Clenching your right hand may help form a stronger memory of an event or action, and clenching your left may help you recollect the memory later, according to research published April 24 in the open access ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Neuroscientists use statistical model to draft fantasy teams of neurons

This past weekend teams from the National Football League used statistics like height, weight and speed to draft the best college players, and in a few weeks, armchair enthusiasts will use similar measures ...

Neuroscience created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dopamine regulates the motivation to act

The widespread belief that dopamine regulates pleasure could go down in history with the latest research results on the role of this neurotransmitter. Researchers have proved that it regulates motivation, causing individuals ...

Neuroscience created Apr 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Study shows that individual brain cells track where we are and how we move

(Medical Xpress)—Leaving the house in the morning may seem simple, but with every move we make, our brains are working feverishly to create maps of the outside world that allow us to navigate and to remember ...

Neuroscience created May 03, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

If you can't beat them, join them: Grandmother cells revisited

(Medical Xpress)—In the absence of any real progress in defining neuronal codes for the brain, the simple idea of the grandmother cell continues to percolate through the scientific and popular literature. Many r ...

Neuroscience created May 10, 2013 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Faulty energy production in brain cells leads to disorders ranging from Parkinson's to intellectual disability

Neuroscientist Patrik Verstreken of VIB (Flanders Institute for Biotechnology) and KU Leuven has shown for the first time that dysfunctional mitochondria in brain cells can lead to learning disabilities. The link between ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created May 17, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Motion perception revisited: High Phi effect challenges established motion perception assumptions

(Medical Xpress)—Optical illusions abound in human visual perception, as demonstrated by the following well-known examples. Although many are static illusions, motion illusions also occur. Recently, scientists ...

Neuroscience created Apr 23, 2013 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast feature