Psychology & Psychiatry
Attention! Brain scans can tell if you are paying it
Data from brain scans can now answer an age-old question asked by parents and teachers everywhere: Are you paying attention?
Mar 3, 2022
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Neuroscience
Disentangling interactions across brain areas
Exploring how brain areas communicate with each other is the focus of a long-standing research collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Champalimaud Research. The cross-continental ...
Mar 1, 2022
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Autism spectrum disorders
New study shows differences between the brains of girls and boys with autism
Brain organization differs between boys and girls with autism, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Feb 17, 2022
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Neuroscience
Research team uncovers key brain mechanisms for organizing memories in time
In a scientific first, researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered fundamental mechanisms by which the hippocampus region of the brain organizes memories into sequences and how this can be used to ...
Feb 15, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Loneliness has a different neural basis than social anxiety
Despite similar symptoms, loneliness and social anxiety are driven by different brain states, according to new research published in JNeurosci.
Feb 14, 2022
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Neuroscience
'Hocus pocus' or sound science? Can brain mapping save Nikolas Cruz from death row?
Over a decade ago, a "brain-mapping" technology known as QEEG was first used in a Florida death penalty case, helping keep a convicted Miami killer off death row by swaying jurors that brain damage had left him prone to violence.
Feb 7, 2022
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Neuroscience
Babies are sensitive to rhyme, rhythm and phrases in children's songs
All over the world, parents sing songs and recite rhymes to their young children. Researchers have known for some time that this has a stimulating or calming effect on babies, but it turns out that babies are also sensitive ...
Jan 28, 2022
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Neuroscience
Can deep sleep help devastating brain disorders? Scientists studying Parkinson's want to find out
Sleep may be one of the most potent medicines for the brain, scientists are discovering, as they explore the inner labyrinths of the three-pound organ during deep sleep and dream cycles in both health and disease.
Neuroscience
Cash support for low-income families impacts infant brain activity
A team of investigators from six universities across the U.S. reports that an intervention designed to reduce poverty had a direct impact on children's brain development. After one year of monthly cash support, infants in ...
Jan 24, 2022
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Neuroscience
Study may help clinicians use sleep brain wave patterns to diagnose dementia and other forms of cognitive impairment
Certain brain wave patterns that occur while an individual sleeps may be assessed by clinicians to help them diagnose dementia and other conditions related to memory, language, and thinking. A new study published in Sleep ...
Jan 12, 2022
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