Neuroscience
Our brains take rhythmic snapshots of the world as we walk
For decades, psychology departments around the world have studied human behavior in darkened laboratories that restrict natural movement.
Mar 9, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Foot-eye coordination: How our vision changes in rhythm with our walking
For the first time, neuroscientists have established a link between shifts in our visual perception and the cadence of our steps while walking.
Mar 7, 2024
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Why spatial orientation tests could improve safety assessments for older drivers
Older drivers experience greater difficulties behind the wheel if they have worse spatial orientation ability, according to new research from the University of Exeter.
Mar 1, 2024
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Vaccination
10 insights to reduce vaccine hesitancy on social media
Effective population level vaccination campaigns are fundamental to public health. Countercampaigns, which are as old as the first vaccines, can disrupt uptake and threaten public health globally.
Feb 29, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers find connection between autobiographical memory and aphantasia
People with aphantasia lack visual imagination. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn and the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) investigated how the lack of mental imagery ...
Feb 27, 2024
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Neuroscience
Study finds concussions alter connectivity among brain regions
The University of Nebraska–Lincoln's Heather Bouchard and Doug Schultz are speaking of airports and blizzards, missed flights and reroutes. Surprising subjects, maybe, for a couple of researchers who study not the logistics ...
Feb 27, 2024
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Neuroscience
Researchers reveal human brain mechanisms for subconscious collision detection
A research team has revealed the human subcortical neural pathway underlying the automatic detection of collision trajectories, even in the absence of attention and awareness. The work was published in PLOS Biology.
Feb 26, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Lack of visual imagery does not lead to less pleasure in reading, finds study
When people read a book, they typically imagine the story in their heads. But how do people experience a story if they find it difficult or impossible to imagine what is being described? Cognitive scientist Laura Speed and ...
Feb 20, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How our brains' beta waves predict stuttering
Beta waves are brainwaves associated with thought, actions, and reactions; for example, beta waves affect how you would react to a cyclist speeding toward you as you cross the street. New research finds that they can also ...
Feb 16, 2024
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Neuroscience
Live from the brain: Visual cues inform decision to cooperate
Eye contact and body language are critical in social interaction, but exactly how the brain uses this information in order to inform behavior in real time is not well understood.
Feb 14, 2024
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