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·April 28, 2017·3 min read

Multitasking Overloads the Brain

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

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·October 27, 2017·4 min read

How the Brain Reacts to Difficult Moral Issues

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

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·February 18, 2018·5 min read

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

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.

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·February 21, 2018·5 min read

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

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

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·February 25, 2019·3 min read

Brain Scans Shed Light on How We Solve Clues

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

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·April 6, 2019·4 min read

What the Finnish concept of sisu can offer the world

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.

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·April 12, 2019·3 min read

Listeners immerse themselves in audiobooks in very different ways

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

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·April 25, 2019·4 min read

Brain scans on movie watchers reveal how we judge people

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.

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·April 10, 2020·4 min read

COVID-19: Aerosolized particles carrying virus stay in the air longer than previously thought

New model reveals the aerosolized particles carrying the coronavirus can remain in the air longer than was previously suggested. Researchers modeled a scenario where an infected person coughs in a supermarket aisle and takes into consideration in-store ventilation systems. The model revealed the aerosol-cloud containing COVID-19 spreads outside the immediate vicinity of the coughing person and dilutes in the process, but the dilution occurs over several minutes.

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·April 28, 2020·3 min read

Two-person MRI reveals how touching is perceived in the brain

A novel two-person MRI study reveals what goes on in the brain when two people touch and cuddle. During the interaction, the subjects' brain activity synchronized.

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·June 13, 2020·3 min read

Moral reflection can be seen in brain activity and eye movements

Using scenes from movies, researchers discover how different brain areas can be used flexibly and as needed. The study sheds light on how the brain transitions between moral thinking and empathy.

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·June 23, 2020·4 min read

The human brain tracks speech more closely in time than other sounds

Research suggests a time-locked encoding mechanism may have evolved for speech processing in humans. The processing mechanism appears to be tuned to the native language as a result of extensive exposure to the language environment during early development.

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Aalto University

Multitasking Overloads the Brain

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

Brain Scans Shed Light on How We Solve Clues

What the Finnish concept of sisu can offer the world

Listeners immerse themselves in audiobooks in very different ways

COVID-19: Aerosolized particles carrying virus stay in the air longer than previously thought

The human brain tracks speech more closely in time than other sounds

Blood Biomarkers Highlight Immune Disruption in Long-COVID

Congress Tweets: Belief-Speak, Facts, and Trustworthiness Decoded

Brain Signals Decipher Memory Variations

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