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·August 20, 2012·5 min read

Psychologists Link Emotion to Vividness of Perception and Creation of Vivid Memories

Have you ever wondered why you can remember things from long ago as if they happened yesterday, yet sometimes can't recall what you ate for dinner last night? A new study suggests it's because how much something means to you actually influences how you see it as well as how vividly you can recall it later.

Neurology Psychology

·May 17, 2012·3 min read

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....

Neurology Psychology

·May 1, 2012·3 min read

Blood Pressure Drugs Linked with Lower PTSD Symptoms

Traumatized people who take a class of common blood pressure medications tend to have less severe post-traumatic stress symptoms, researchers...

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·February 28, 2012·4 min read

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...

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·December 12, 2011·3 min read

More Widespread Brain Atrophy Detected in Parkinson’s Disease with Newly Developed Structural Pattern

Hippocampal Atrophy Seen with Early Cognitive Decline in Parkinson’s Disease Atrophy in the hippocampus, the region of the brain known...

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·June 30, 2011·3 min read

Scientists Use ‘Optogenetics’ to Control Reward-Seeking Behavior

The findings suggest that therapeutics targeting the path between two critical brain regions, the amygdala and the nucleus accumbens, represent...

Neuroscience

·March 31, 2011·2 min read

New Insight Into “Aha!” Memories

When we suddenly get the answer to a riddle or understand the solution to a problem, we can practically feel...

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·December 17, 2010·3 min read

The Fearless SM: Woman Missing Amygdala

A woman with bilateral damage relatively restricted to the amygdala is the subject of a case study reported today. SM, as she will be known to the public, seems able to experience emotions such as happiness and sadness normally, but shows no signs of fear.