Scientists at UC San Francisco have developed a personalized digital meditation training program that significantly improved attention and memory in healthy young adults—a group already at the peak of brain health—in ...
Jun 3, 2019
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Researchers have developed a method that could drastically accelerate the search for new drugs to treat mental health disorders such as schizophrenia.
May 8, 2019
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Researchers have discovered that instances in which outcomes are better than expected—finding an unexpectedly good parking spot, for example, or spotting a $20 bill on the sidewalk—improves memories of specific events. ...
May 6, 2019
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The shot clock reads 5, and a win forces a game 7. Two hands outstretched as the players—one in royal blue and yellow, the other black—hurtle towards the edge of the court. The ball sails out of bounds, and the play ends. ...
Apr 24, 2019
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How well-connected a particular brain network is, and how successfully memories are formed, may determine which patients with post-traumatic stress disorder benefit from behavioral therapy, researchers at the Stanford University ...
Apr 3, 2019
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Computers, like those that power self-driving cars, can be tricked into mistaking random scribbles for trains, fences and even school busses. People aren't supposed to be able to see how those images trip up computers but ...
Mar 22, 2019
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We all make poor decisions from time to time. Researchers at the University of Arizona are working to better understand why, and they're looking to the eyes for answers.
Mar 11, 2019
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Think sleeping in on the weekend can repair the damage from a week of sleepless nights?
Feb 28, 2019
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Why are some people able to patiently save for the future, while others opt for smaller amounts of money now? A new study from Duke University takes a close look at what drives "patient savers," and reaches some surprising ...
Feb 25, 2019
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A pair of researchers with the University of Oxford and Cardiff University has conducted a study aimed at determining whether playing violent games cause young people to become more aggressive. In their paper published in ...
