Neuroscience
Anxiety can impact people's walking direction
People experiencing anxiety and inhibition have more activity in the right side of the brain, causing them to walk in a leftward trajectory.
Jan 19, 2016
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Neuroscientists uncover important thinning mechanism that affects how the brain matures in adolescence
What determines how a teenager's brain is structured and how it evolves? In a scientific first, researchers led by Université de Montréal neuroscientist Tomas Paus and postdoctoral fellow Zhijie Liao have established a ...
Nov 1, 2023
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Research reveals new insights into how brain functions
For most native English-speakers, learning the Mandarin Chinese language from scratch is no easy task.
May 8, 2019
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A person's race can influence question asking as much as their stroke history
Strokes that occur on the right side of the brain can sometimes subtly impair social communication, which can be difficult for clinicians to assess.
Jan 10, 2023
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White matter pathway and individual variability in human stereoacuity
Researchers in the Center for Information and Neural Networks (CiNet), the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology and Osaka University have identified a human white matter pathway associated with ...
Nov 20, 2018
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Researchers develop neural decoding that can give back lost speech
Losing the ability to speak due to neurological damage can be incredibly isolating. But thanks to recent advancements in technology, there's hope on the horizon. Scientists have been working on neural speech prostheses, special ...
Apr 8, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Analyzing brain signals to categorize different types of depression.
A new method of detecting anxious and non-anxious depression using brain signal processing has been developed by biomedical engineers at the University of Surrey.
Mar 29, 2023
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The neural components of imitation processes
We learn many things through imitation: how to walk, play an instument, sports, and even more. What are the processes in the brain responsible for imitation? For some years now, science has been examining the role of mirror ...
Dec 22, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Hugs evaluated
In emotionally charged situations, people tend to hug each other from the left side more often than in neutral contexts. Biopsychologists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), headed by Julian Packheiser, Noemi Rook and assistant ...
Jan 25, 2018
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Advancing the way for the brain to be able to control devices in real time
Just a few decades ago, the possibility of connecting the brain with a computer to convert neural signals into concrete actions would have seemed like something from science fiction. But in recent years, some scientific advances ...
Mar 6, 2023
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