Teenagers are known for their sometimes-unpredictable behavior. One moment they're mature and clear-thinking, and the next they're irrational or engaging in risky behavior. Neurologically speaking, they can't help it, though ...
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Our brains are "programmed" to learn more from people we like—and less from those we dislike. This has been shown by researchers in cognitive neuroscience in a series of experiments. Their findings are published in Communications ...
Feb 15, 2024
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Recent advances in generative AI help to explain how memories enable us to learn about the world, relive old experiences and construct totally new experiences for imagination and planning, according to a new study by UCL ...
Jan 19, 2024
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For centuries, a prevailing theory in philosophy has asserted that at birth the human mind is a blank slate. More recently, the same notion has also held sway in the field of neurobiology, where it is commonly held that neural ...
Jan 9, 2024
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Having high self-control is often seen as a good thing. It's believed to be key to success in many aspects of life—whether that's getting a promotion at work, sticking to your workout regime or resisting the temptation ...
Nov 4, 2023
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New discoveries in the development of Alzheimer's disease in a study led by Professor Michael Glickman and Dr. Inbal Maniv from the Faculty of Biology at the Technion were published in Nature Communications.
Oct 3, 2023
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The hippocampus is a key region of the mammalian brain, which has been found to be involved in the formation of episodic memories. These are long-term memories of events or experiences that can be consciously remembered and ...
Partners who live together typically come to this significant place in their relationship in one of two ways—what some clinicians call "sliding versus deciding." Moving in together can just kind of happen without too much ...
Mar 23, 2023
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Before new drugs can be tested in animal experiments and later in clinical trials, they must undergo a large number of laboratory tests. This involves the use of so-called cell lines, i.e., human or animal cells of a specific ...
Feb 8, 2023
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Do you think that creativity is an innate gift? Think again.
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