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Suspicion Resides in Two Regions of the Brain

Suspicion Resides in Two Regions of the Brain

Our baseline level of distrust is distinct and separable from our inborn lie detector. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on my parahippocampal gyrus. Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have found that suspicion resides in two distinct [Read More]

Brain Network Reveals Disorders

Brain Network Reveals Disorders

Researchers at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich identify a new method of unerringly detecting the presence of pathophysiological changes in the brain. The new method was developed in order to gain a mechanistic understanding of schizophrenia and other spectrum [Read More]

New Finding Offers Neurological Support for Adam Smith’s Theories of Morality

New Finding Offers Neurological Support for Adam Smith’s Theories of Morality

The part of the brain we use when engaging in egalitarian behavior may also be linked to a larger sense of morality, researchers have found. Their conclusions, which offer scientific support for Adam Smith’s theories of morality, are based on experimental research [Read More]

Scientists Search for Source of Creativity

Scientists Search for Source of Creativity

It takes two to tango. Two hemispheres of your brain, that is. USC researchers are working to pin down the exact source of creativity in the brain and have found that the left hemisphere of your brain, thought to be the logic and math portion, actually plays a critical role [Read More]

Study Shows How The Brain Responds To Deceptive Advertising

Study Shows How The Brain Responds To Deceptive Advertising

Several specific regions of our brains are activated in a two-part process when we are exposed to deceptive advertising, according to new research conducted by a North Carolina State University professor. The work opens the door to further research that could help us [Read More]

Brain Differences Seen at 6 Months in Infants Who Develop Autism

Brain Differences Seen at 6 Months in Infants Who Develop Autism

Researchers have found significant differences in brain development in infants as young as six months old who later develop autism, compared with babies who don’t develop the disorder. The study, by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the [Read More]

Chess Experts Help Researchers Understand How We See the World

Chess Experts Help Researchers Understand How We See the World

UT Dallas team aids study of how humans view game boards, faces and other visual information. Just as expert chess players scrutinize a board to calculate their next moves, UT Dallas cognitive neuroscientists are studying the way these players’ brains work to better [Read More]

Explorers Use Uncertainty and Specific Area of Brain

Explorers Use Uncertainty and Specific Area of Brain

As they try to find the best reward among options, some people explore based on how uncertain they are about the outcome of the options. Those who employ that thought process, unlike people who use other strategies, uniquely harness the computational power of the [Read More]

Gene Therapy for Inherited Blindness Succeeds in Patients’ Other Eye

Gene Therapy for Inherited Blindness Succeeds in Patients’ Other Eye

In three adults, repeat dose safely improves vision. Gene therapy for congenital blindness has taken another step forward, as researchers further improved vision in three adult patients previously treated in one eye. After receiving the same treatment in their other eye, [Read More]

Working Memory and the Brain

Working Memory and the Brain

Visual working memory not as specialized in the brain as visual encoding, study finds. Researchers have long known that specific parts of the brain activate when people view particular images. For example, a region called the fusiform face area turns on when the eyes glance [Read More]

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Oxytocin Could Help Improve Processing Social Information in Children With Autism

Oxytocin Could Help Improve Processing Social Information in Children With Autism

Oxytocin Improves Brain Function in Children with Autism Preliminary results from an ongoing, large-scale study by Yale School of Medicine researchers shows that oxytocin, a [Read More]

Cognitive Effect of Head Impacts on Student Athletes

Cognitive Effect of Head Impacts on Student Athletes

Dartmouth researchers investigate the cognitive effects of athlete head impacts. Dartmouth faculty and students played prominent roles in a recent study on the cognitive effects [Read More]

Suspicion Resides in Two Regions of the Brain

Suspicion Resides in Two Regions of the Brain

Our baseline level of distrust is distinct and separable from our inborn lie detector. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on my parahippocampal gyrus. Scientists at [Read More]

Researcher Discovers Role of Gene Variant Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease in Damage to Brain Circulation, Function

Researcher Discovers Role of Gene Variant Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease in Damage to Brain Circulation, Function

A gene variant responsible for vascular damage to the brain is a promising new target for drug therapy to fight Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases, [Read More]

Zebrafish Study Isolates Gene Related to Autism, Schizophrenia and Obesity

Zebrafish Study Isolates Gene Related to Autism, Schizophrenia and Obesity

What can a fish tell us about human brain development? Researchers at Duke University Medical Center transplanted a set of human genes into a zebrafish and then used it to [Read More]

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