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Newborn baby hiccups could be key to brain development

Neuroscience NewsNovember 18, 2019

Contractions of the diaphragm muscles during hiccuping evoke a significant response in the brain's cortex, causing two large brainwaves followed by a third. The third brainwave is similar to that evoked by noise.... Read More...

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How meditation can help you make fewer mistakes

Neuroscience NewsNovember 11, 2019

Mindfulness and meditation can help reduce errors. The brain's ability to detect and pay attention to mistakes improves following one session of twenty-minute meditation.... Read More...

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Are we ‘brainwashed’ during sleep?

Neuroscience NewsNovember 1, 2019

Study reveals as we sleep, cerebrospinal fluid pulses in the brain in rhythmic patterns.... Read More...

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Name that tune: Brain takes just 100 to 300 milliseconds to recognize familiar music

Neuroscience NewsOctober 30, 2019

The human brain can recognize a familiar tune within 100 milliseconds of the onset of sound. ... Read More...

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A new theory of brain organization takes aim at the mystery of consciousness

Neuroscience NewsOctober 27, 2019

Entropy during consciousness is higher than during unconscious states.... Read More...

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Why, Sometimes, We Don’t See What We Actually Saw

Neuroscience NewsOctober 23, 2019

Crashes in visual processing occur when neurons processing one image are tasked with processing another too quickly. This results in either one or both images being unable to reach our conscious awareness.... Read More...

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How background noise affects brain activity

Neuroscience NewsOctober 21, 2019

Researchers noted alterations in brain activity during cognitive tasks when playing outdoor sounds in the background. Findings shed light on how the environment affects how we perceive the world around us and how we tune out to background noises.... Read More...

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Happy, angry or neutral expressions? Eyes react just as fast

Neuroscience NewsOctober 15, 2019

The initial reaction of the brain is independent of the facial emotional expression we see. It is only after the eye movement is completed that the brain shows strong responses to the emotional expression of a face.... Read More...

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Musical perception: nature or nurture?

Neuroscience NewsOctober 10, 2019

Although musical perception is universal, musical training alters the perception of music. ... Read More...

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Research sheds new light on how the brain forms and recalls memories

Neuroscience NewsOctober 10, 2019

During memory formation, the directional coupling between the neocortex and hippocampus alters. Decreased power in brain oscillations in the neocortex preceded and predicted increased power in the hippocampus. The reverse occurs during memory retrieval.... Read More...

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Mild-to-moderate hearing loss in children leads to changes in how brain processes sound

Neuroscience NewsOctober 1, 2019

The brain activity response to sound in older children with hearing loss was lower than their peers with normal hearing.... Read More...

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Epilepsy: Seizures not forecastable as expected

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 25, 2019

A new study challenges the belief that epileptic seizures can be predicted by brain wave patterns. Researchers report they have found no evidence that specific brain wave patterns can be a predictive indicator of seizure onset.... Read More...

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Newborn baby hiccups could be key to brain development

High-fat maternal diet can cause life-long changes in the fetal brain

Adolescent drinking increases anxiety and alcohol abuse risk later in life

Neuroscience

Newborn baby hiccups could be key to brain development

High-fat maternal diet can cause life-long changes in the fetal brain

Adolescent drinking increases anxiety and alcohol abuse risk later in life

Neurology

Research reveals no link between statins and memory loss

New cell therapy improves memory and stops seizures following TBI

Fecal transplantation to treat patients with Parkinson’s disease: Hope or hype?

AI

How artificial intelligence can transform psychiatry

Enjoyment of pop music classics linked to combination of uncertainty and surprise

Learning is optimized when we fail 15% of the time

Robotics

Deep3DFly: the deep-learning way to design fly-like robots

Electronic glove offers ‘humanlike’ features for prosthetic hand users

Robotic thread is designed to slip through the brain’s blood vessels

Psychology

Adolescent drinking increases anxiety and alcohol abuse risk later in life

Side effects mild and brief with single antidepressant dose of intravenous ketamine

At what point does click-bait susceptibility become a mental health disorder?

EEG

Newborn baby hiccups could be key to brain development

How meditation can help you make fewer mistakes

Are we ‘brainwashed’ during sleep?

Name that tune: Brain takes just 100 to 300 milliseconds to recognize familiar music

A new theory of brain organization takes aim at the mystery of consciousness

Why, Sometimes, We Don’t See What We Actually Saw

Happy, angry or neutral expressions? Eyes react just as fast

Musical perception: nature or nurture?

Research sheds new light on how the brain forms and recalls memories

Mild-to-moderate hearing loss in children leads to changes in how brain processes sound

Epilepsy: Seizures not forecastable as expected