Neuroscience
Good timing: Study unravels how our brains track time
Ever hear the old adage that time flies when you're having fun? A new study by a team of UNLV researchers suggests that there's a lot of truth to the trope.
Jul 19, 2024
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News tagged with anterior cingulate cortex
Neuroscience
How different areas of the prefrontal cortex influence time variability in individual monkeys
Neuroscientists from RIKEN have discovered the effects that different areas in the prefrontal cortex of macaque monkeys have on the variability in the time it takes them to perform tasks involving quick decisions. This information ...
Jul 18, 2024
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Neuroscience
How our brains learn new athletic skills fast: Investigating electrocortical activity and faster locomotor adaptation
You join a swing dance class, and at first you're all left feet. But—slowly, eyes glued to the teacher—you pick up a step or two and start to feel the rhythm of the big band beat. A good start. Then you look over and ...
Jul 17, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
A novel and unique neural signature for depression revealed
As parents, teachers and pet owners can attest, rewards play a huge role in shaping behaviors in humans and animals. Rewards—whether as edible treats, gifts, words of appreciation or praise, fame or monetary benefits—act ...
Jul 15, 2024
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Study reveals witnessing violence harms brains of older teens, but 'transcendent thinking' may be an antidote
These latest findings from CANDLE (USC Center for Affective Neuroscience, Development, Learning and Education) researchers show that teens who think about social issues and violence in more reflective ways show greater resilience ...
Jul 12, 2024
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Neuroscience
Brain-imaging study reveals curiosity as it emerges
You look up into the clear blue sky and see something you can't quite identify. Is it a balloon? A plane? A UFO? You're curious, right? A research team based at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute has for the first time witnessed ...
Jul 8, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Authority's physical proximity means greater obedience: A new look at results of famous experiment
Who should be spared pain, hurt or disappointment, and who should be harmed? This internal dilemma accompanied the participants of the Milgram experiment, say experts from SWPS University. They have revisited the causes of ...
Jun 19, 2024
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Neuroscience
Study identifies primary cause of sensory hypersensitivity in a mouse model of autism spectrum disorder
A research team led by Director Kim Eunjoon of the Center for Synaptic Brain Dysfunctions and Director Kim Seong-Gi of the Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has identified ...
May 9, 2024
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Medications
Morphine tolerance found to result from Tiam1-mediated maladaptive plasticity in spinal neurons
Morphine and other opioids are vital to treat severe and chronic pain. However, they have two problems—prolonged use creates morphine tolerance, where ever-increasing doses are needed for the same pain relief, and paradoxically, ...
Apr 9, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Lack of focus doesn't equal lack of intelligence: It's proof of an intricate brain, say scientists
Imagine a busy restaurant: dishes clattering, music playing, people talking loudly over one another. It's a wonder that anyone in that kind of environment can focus enough to have a conversation. A new study by researchers ...
Mar 8, 2024
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Anterior cingulate cortex
The Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is the frontal part of the cingulate cortex, that resembles a "collar" form around the corpus callosum, the fibrous bundle that relays neural signals between the right and left cerebral hemispheres of the brain.
It includes both the ventral and dorsal areas of the cingulate cortex, and appears to play a role in a wide variety of autonomic functions, such as regulating blood pressure and heart rate, as well as rational cognitive functions, such as reward anticipation, decision-making, empathy and emotion.
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