Aalto University Archives - Neuroscience News

Brain scans on movie watchers reveal how we judge people

Neuroscience NewsApril 25, 2019

Using a combination of movie clips and neuroimaging, researchers find people have positive biases to those they feel are more like them, even if they are unable to see the person's face.... Read More...

FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology5 min read

This shows a woman listening on headphones

Listeners immerse themselves in audiobooks in very different ways

Neuroscience NewsApril 12, 2019

While listening to audiobooks with a captivating narrative, the inferior parietal lobe and visual cortex elicit individual meaning and flow of mental imagery.... Read More...

auditory neuroscienceFeaturedNeurosciencePsychologyvisual neuroscience4 min read

This shows a person dancing through a rainbow with an umbrella

What the Finnish concept of sisu can offer the world

Neuroscience NewsApril 6, 2019

The Finnish concept of Sisu refers to a universal phenomenon of latent energy in the human system that enables individuals to persevere and break through unbearable challenges, researchers say.... Read More...

FeaturedPsychology5 min read

Brain Scans Shed Light on How We Solve Clues

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 25, 2019

Coupling machine learning with brain scans, researchers reveal how people understand objects in our world.... Read More...

Artificial Intelligencedeep learningFeaturedmachine learningNeuroscienceneurotechOpen Neuroscience Articles4 min read

Movie Memento Uncovers How the Brain Remembers and Interprets Events From Clues

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 21, 2018

Using the movie Memento, researchers discover how the brain creates memories to piece together complex story lines.... Read More...

FeaturedNeuroscience7 min read

Love and Fear Are Visible Across the Brain, Not Restricted to One Region

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 18, 2018

A new study reports basic emotions, such as happiness and anger, are not limited to specific regions, but have distinct connectivity patterns that encompass much of the brain.... Read More...

FeaturedNeuroscience6 min read

How the Brain Reacts to Difficult Moral Issues

Neuroscience NewsOctober 27, 2017

According to researchers, familial relationships in movies affect the reactions in the viewer's brain to moral dilemma addressed between characters.... Read More...

FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology5 min read

Image shows brain scans and a shot from a movie.

Multitasking Overloads the Brain

Neuroscience NewsApril 28, 2017

Changing tasks too frequently interferes with brain activity, a new study reports. ... Read More...

FeaturedNeuroscience5 min read

News

If you could learn every disease your child could possibly develop in life, would you?

New approaches to study the genetics of autism may lead to new therapies

Neuroscience

If you could learn every disease your child could possibly develop in life, would you?

New approaches to study the genetics of autism may lead to new therapies

Neurology

Nerve stimulation could provide new treatment option for most common type of stroke

New neurons form in the brain into tenth decade of life, even in people with Alzheimer’s

AI

Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

Robotics

Dog-like robot made by students jumps, flips and trots

Children describe technology that gives them a sense of ambiguity as ‘creepy’

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

Psychology

Short-term use of opioids increases subjective pleasure

Did Leonardo da Vinci have ADHD?

Aalto University

Listeners immerse themselves in audiobooks in very different ways

What the Finnish concept of sisu can offer the world

Brain Scans Shed Light on How We Solve Clues

Movie Memento Uncovers How the Brain Remembers and Interprets Events From Clues

Multitasking Overloads the Brain