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Dopamine is a powerful signal in the brain, influencing our moods, motivations, movements, and more. The neurotransmitter is crucial for reward-based learning, a function that may be disrupted in a number of psychiatric conditions, ...
Dec 10, 2024
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The short-term boost our brains get after we do exercise persists throughout the following day, suggests a study led by UCL (University College London) researchers.
Dec 10, 2024
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Researchers from Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have discovered a new pathway to forming long-term memories in the brain. Their work, published in Nature Neuroscience, suggests that long-term memory can form ...
Dec 5, 2024
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Working with week-old zebrafish larva, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and colleagues decoded how the connections formed by a network of neurons in the brainstem guide the fishes' gaze.
Nov 22, 2024
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Neuroscientists had a problem. For decades, researchers had a theory about how an animal's brain keeps track of where it is relative to its surroundings without outside cues—like how we know where we are, even with our eyes ...
Oct 3, 2024
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Ever feel like those catchy song lyrics or random pieces of trivia won't leave your head, and it's affecting your memory? Boston University associate professor of psychological & brain sciences Dr. Rob Reinhart, along with ...
Sep 17, 2024
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CTE: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. It is the now popularized term that makes athletes, parents, sports administrators and insurers' knuckles white with anxiety as sports codes struggle to come to grips with the risks ...
Sep 10, 2024
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As we age, it is likely harder to repeat a phone number we just heard. Memory impairment is considered a normal part of aging. However, due to various risk factors, some people experience greater decline. A new study suggests ...
Sep 10, 2024
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The year was 1920. It was George "Babe" Ruth's first season playing for the New York Yankees.
Aug 15, 2024
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If you have ever wondered how you manage to keep track of the immense amount of information coming to you each day, you might want to thank the positional tagging system in your mind.
Jul 26, 2024
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