Neuroscience
Three ways studying organic chemistry changes the brain
Academic learning is about gaining new knowledge and skill, but only recently has it been possible to see new knowledge appear in a human brain.
Mar 7, 2019
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Brain Structure and Function
Brain Structure & Function publishes research that provides insight into brain structure-function relationships. Studies published here integrate data spanning from molecular, cellular, developmental, and system architecture, to the neuroanatomy of behavior and cognitive functions, to clinical neuroanatomy and brain dysfunction.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Website
- http://www.springer.com/biomed/neuroscience/journal/429
- Impact factor
- 5.628 (2011)
Neuroscience
Potential link between vitamin D deficiency and loss of brain plasticity
University of Queensland research may explain why vitamin D is vital for brain health, and how deficiency leads to disorders including depression and schizophrenia.
Feb 20, 2019
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Neuroscience
Bilingual children may lose less brain matter as they grow up
Children and adolescents who speak more than one language may reach adulthood with more gray matter, according to a new study.
Sep 2, 2020
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Neuroscience
People have poor self-awareness for highly-practiced motor skill, scientists say
How neat is your handwriting? The accuracy of the answer to this question relies on metacognition, the introspective evaluation of the success of cognitive processing. Despite extensive investigation of the brain architectures ...
Jul 27, 2021
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Neuroscience
Brain size mediates the association between height and cognitive ability
Several studies have found that height and general cognitive ability, or intelligence, are positively associated. A recent study reveals a biological factor underlying this relationship: the size of the cerebral cortex.
May 14, 2018
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Neuroscience
Mapping the decision-making pathways in the brain
Every day, people make hundreds of decisions. While most are small and inconsequential, like choosing what to eat or wear, others are more complex and involve weighing up potential costs and benefits, like deciding whether ...
Sep 21, 2020
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Neuroscience
Differences between combined, isolated use of cannabis, nicotine on brain networks
Researchers at the Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas investigated the effects on the brain of concurrent cannabis and nicotine use, versus the use of solely cannabis and solely nicotine.
Aug 28, 2018
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Genetics
Gene absence linked to male neural development
Research conducted by the University of Valencia (UV) and the Jaume I University of Castellón (UJI), among other institutions, has found alterations to the structure of the brain's nonapeptidergic systems, social behavior ...
Sep 4, 2020
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Neuroscience
When watching others in pain, women's brains show more empathy
It's a phrase many of us have uttered at one time or other: "I feel your pain."
Feb 28, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study finds brain system for emotional self-control
Different brain areas are activated when we choose to suppress an emotion, compared to when we are instructed to inhibit an emotion, according a new study from the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Ghent University.
May 9, 2013
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