Neuroscience
What happens in the brain during unconsciousness?
When patients undergo major surgery, they're often put under anesthesia to allow the brain to be in an unconscious state.
Feb 28, 2018
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Neuroscience
How the brain paints the beauty of a landscape
How does a view of nature gain its gloss of beauty? We know that the sight of beautiful landscapes engages the brain's reward systems. But how does the brain transform visual signals into esthetic ones? Why do we perceive ...
Jul 23, 2021
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Neuroscience
Epidural stimulation shown to normalize blood pressure following spinal cord injury
Patients with severe spinal cord injury (SCI) often experience chronically low blood pressure that negatively affects their health, their quality of life and their ability to engage in rehabilitative therapy.
Mar 19, 2018
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Neuroscience
Help at hand for people with schizophrenia
How can healthy people who hear voices help schizophrenics? Finding the answer for this is at the centre of research conducted at the University of Bergen.
May 24, 2013
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Neuroscience
Researchers observe brain development in utero
New investigation methods using functional magnetic resonance tomography (fMRT) offer insights into fetal brain development. These "in vivo" observations will uncover different stages of the brain's development. A research ...
Oct 27, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Family's economic situation influences brain function in children
Children of low socioeconomic status work harder to filter out irrelevant environmental information than those from a high-income background because of learned differences in what they pay attention to, according to new research ...
Nov 28, 2012
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Neuroscience
Emotionally invested parents give children a leg up in life
Children with emotionally invested parents are more likely to be successful, a study published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience shows.
Sep 7, 2016
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Neuroscience
Athletes perform better when exposed to subliminal cues
New research has found that athletes who are exposed to subliminal visual cues during endurance exercise will perform significantly better.
Jan 11, 2021
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Neuroscience
Areas of the brain process read and heard language differently
The brain processes read and heard language differently. This is the key and new finding of a study at the University Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the MedUni Vienna, unveiled on the eve of the European ...
Mar 10, 2014
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Neuroscience
Do people subconsciously judge face-likeness?
The research team at the Visual Perception and Cognition Laboratory of the Toyohashi University of Technology has revealed that face-likeness is judged by early visual processing at around 100 milliseconds after viewing an ...
May 14, 2018
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