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How Does Our Brain Decide Whether A Situation is Pleasant or Not?

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 23, 2016

Researchers have identified a mechanism that allows us to judge whether a difficult social situation is emotional negative or positive.

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Brain to Robot: “Move, Please”

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 22, 2016

Researchers have developed a new robotic exoskeleton system that uses the power of thought control to help move a person's hand.

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Alcohol, Tobacco and Time Spent Outdoors Linked to Brain Connections

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 20, 2016

Researchers have released data from the world's largest brain and body scanning study.

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Hippocampus Helps Fill in Blanks of Language

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 20, 2016

According to researchers, memory and language are deeply linked via the hippocampus.

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Response to Anxiety Linked to Movement Control Areas in Brain

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 19, 2016

According to researchers, anxiety response is not only seen in areas associated with emotion, but also in brain areas associated with movement.

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Looking Into the Brains of Habitual Short Sleepers

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 16, 2016

Habitual short sleepers might be more efficient sleepers, but also more tired than they realize, a new study reports.

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Computer Program Beats Doctors at Distinguishing Brain Tumors from Radiation Changes

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 16, 2016

According to a new study, a computer program was almost twice as accurate as neuroradiologists in determining whether abnormal brain tissue seen on an MRI scan was due to radiation or brain cancer.

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MRI Scanner Sees Emotions Flicker Across an Idle Mind

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 15, 2016

A new study reports researchers used neuroimaging technology to map the patterns of brain activity that correspond to seven different emotional states.

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