Most researchers agree that the key difference between human brains and those of other animals is the size and complexity of our cerebral cortex, the brain's outer layer of neural tissue. We therefore tend to focus our attention ...
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Standard models of perception are stimulus-driven, meaning that the external perceptual event drives the brain's perception-related activity. However, the tide may be turning: recent ideas suggest that our perceptual experiences ...
Why are some people able to master a new skill quickly while others require extra time or practice? That was the question posed by UC Santa Barbara's Scott Grafton and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania and Johns ...
Apr 6, 2015
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Music training has well-known benefits for the developing brain, especially for at-risk children. But youngsters who sit passively in a music class may be missing out, according to new Northwestern University research.
Dec 16, 2014
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For years, research into the aging brain has examined what is usually lost—hearing, vision, memory. Age is synonymous with decline. But current research is refuting that discouraging perspective. New techniques in cognitive ...
Nov 3, 2014
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An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Arizona has been awarded a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study language abilities in patients recovering from a stroke. The findings ...
Jul 17, 2014
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Joanne Miller, Matthews Distinguished University Professor and chair of Northeastern's Department of Psychology, was recently recognized for her pioneering research on human language processing in the field of speech perception. ...
Jun 4, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—Our sense of smell is often the first response to environmental stimuli. Odors trigger neurons in the brain that alert us to take action. However, there is often more than one odor in the environment, such ...
Nov 25, 2013
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Research by the University of Liverpool has found that people experiencing depressive episodes display increased brain activity when they think about themselves.
Nov 6, 2013
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Hitting the perfect tennis serve requires hours and hours of practice, but for scientists who study complex motor behaviors, there always has been a large unanswered question—what is the brain learning from those hours ...
Sep 30, 2013
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