Rumination is generally defined as a recurrent and passive focus of thoughts on depressed mood itself and its possible causes and consequences. Sometimes stated as "overthinking," rumination plays a pivotal role in the onset, ...
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Humans began to develop systems of reading and writing only within the past few thousand years. Our reading abilities set us apart from other animal species, but a few thousand years is much too short a timeframe for our ...
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Mind wandering occurs when a person's attention shifts from things that are happening in her present environment to internal thought processes. For instance, while cooking or attending a lesson, one might start thinking about ...
A new study published in eLife by researchers from Dr. Sun Yangang's Lab at the Institute of Neuroscience, Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology (CEBSIT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...
Jun 12, 2020
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Researchers at the National Brain Research Centre in Haryana, India, have recently carried out a study exploring the neural mechanisms that may underlie differences in how different people perceive multisensory stimuli. ...
When we speak, we give little thought to how the words form in our brain before we say them. It's similar for deaf people using sign language.
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New insight on the neural processes that drive a desire for revenge during conflict between groups has been published today in the open-access journal eLife.
Mar 3, 2020
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Stress is prevalent in modern society and can affect human health through its effects on appetite. However, knowledge about the neural mechanisms related to the alteration of the subjective level of appetite caused by acute ...
Jan 29, 2020
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The memory of specific episodes is the base of autobiographical memory, but we do not know how the brain structures the experience to remember it in the long run.
Oct 22, 2019
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Impulsiveness in adolescence isn't just a phase, it's biology. And despite all the social factors that define our teen years, the human brain and the brains of other primates go through very similar changes, particularly ...
Aug 20, 2019
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