Imagine you're a student, it's finals week, and you're preparing for a big exam: do you pull an all-nighter or do you get some rest? As many a groggy-eyed person who's stared blankly at a test knows, a lack of sleep can make ...
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Spatial navigation—the ability to select and follow a route from one place to another—is a skill we use every day. Depending on practice, general cognitive ability, and childhood environment, some people are naturally ...
Jun 11, 2024
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Scientists have demonstrated how mice choose between three different strategies to navigate through their surroundings towards a goal.
Aug 1, 2023
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As others go through different experiences, we can sometimes learn from watching their example. Researchers have long explained that we experience social understanding, meaning that in order to learn by watching, we need ...
Jan 10, 2022
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In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications, Hui Yang, Pu Zou, Yuhu He and colleagues from Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China discuss risk factors for prognosis after the Maze IV procedure ...
Oct 27, 2021
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Scientists have long understood that the region of the brain called the hippocampus is important for memory, learning and navigation.
Oct 22, 2021
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Your commute to work may seem like a mundane thing, but it is a great example of the complicated tasks our brains must carry out on a daily basis: navigation, memory, decision-making, sensory processing, and so on. Researchers ...
Aug 25, 2021
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We remember things longer if we take breaks during learning, referred to as the spacing effect. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology gained deeper insight into the neuronal basis for this phenomenon in mice. ...
Jul 29, 2021
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A test of fish behavior in a maze has shed light on human degenerative conditions, heralding new hope for treatments.
Aug 4, 2020
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Each day, humans and animals rely on habits to complete routine tasks such as eating and sleeping. As new habits are formed, this enables us to do things automatically without thinking. As the brain starts to develop a new ...
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