Psychology & Psychiatry
Selfish or selfless? Human nature means you're both
Looking out for number one has been important for survival for as long as there have been human beings.
Mar 17, 2021
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News tagged with functional magnetic resonance imaging
Psychology & Psychiatry
Politics and the brain: Attention perks up when politicians break with party lines
In a time of extreme political polarization, hearing that a political candidate has taken a stance inconsistent with their party might raise some questions for their constituents.
Feb 22, 2021
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Neuroscience
Restless nature of human spinal cord revealed by non-invasive functional imaging
The spinal cord roughly looks like a long tube, with a diameter of only 1.5 cm, and yet this crucial part of the nervous system is essential for controlling how our arms and legs move, for giving us our sense of touch as ...
Sep 9, 2020
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Neuroscience
Melatonin linked to improved brain function in child concussion
Melatonin could improve brain functions related to sleep quality in children recovering from concussion, according to a University of Queensland study.
Aug 19, 2020
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Neuroscience
New approach simultaneously measures EEG and fMRI connectomes
New research demonstrates how two vastly different methods of measuring brain activity can provide meaningful data on brain networks simultaneously.
Jul 23, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Emotions come from a 3-centimeter area of the brain
The entire set of our emotions is topographically represented in a small region of the brain, a 3-centimeter area of the cortex, report scientists in a study conducted at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy. ...
Jan 27, 2020
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Neuroscience
How the brain processes rewards
Researchers from HSE University, Skoltech and the University of Toronto analyzed data from 190 fMRI studies and found out that food, sex and money implicate similar brain regions whereas different types of reward favor the ...
Jan 23, 2020
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Neuroscience
Traumatic brain injury impairs hormone production, disrupting sleep, cognition, memory
More than 2.5 million people in the United States alone experience a traumatic brain injury, or TBI, each year. Some of these people are plagued by a seemingly unrelated cascade of health issues for years after their head ...
Jan 21, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A novel, non-invasive MRI-based functional liver imaging score (FLIS) for investigating chronic liver disease
An interdisciplinary MedUni Vienna team has shown that important information about the stage and prognosis of chronic liver diseases can be gotten by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Lying in a tube-like machine, ...
Nov 20, 2019
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Neuroscience
Brain scans reveal benefits of a cardio workout for stroke survivors
A world-first Australian study funded by the Heart Foundation is using brain imaging to understand how exercise can repair brain function after a stroke.
Sep 19, 2019
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