FeaturedNeuroscience·February 10, 2022·4 min readBrain Region Associated With Feeling Full After Eating IdentifiedResearchers have identified a brain region and neural circuitry that mediates satiation.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 1, 2022·4 min readGrowth Charts for the Brain Help to Understand Mental IllnessResearchers have developed new brain growth charts that provide reference models for brain development and aging across the entire lifespan.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 29, 2021·4 min readBrain Circuitry for Both Positive and Negative Valence Affected by TraumaThe severity of PTSD symptoms was associated with fewer risky choices and increased activation of the amygdala. Decreased activity in the ventral striatum, an area of the brain associated with processing positive valence such as reward, predicted more severe PTSD symptoms 14 months post trauma.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·October 21, 2021·7 min readPeople’s Eyes Reveal That Clichés Are UnderratedEye-tracking reveals the brain pays more attention to conventional metaphors than it does to similar alternatives.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 18, 2021·3 min readMammalian Motivation Circuits: Maybe They’re Born With ItResearchers have identified a pre-programmed neural circuit in the basolateral amygdala of mice that processes both positive and negative stimuli.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 4, 2021·3 min readDepression History Written in the Reactions of the BrainThe more a person experiences severe depression through their lifespan, the less they react emotionally to negative faces during current depressive episodes.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscience·September 27, 2021·5 min readWithdrawal From Psychostimulants Restructures Functional Architecture of BrainWithdrawal from psychostimulants including methamphetamines, cocaine, and nicotine, produced restructuring of brain regions and major increases in functional connectivity, a new mouse study reveals.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·September 8, 2021·2 min readNew Information on the Early Stages of Dementia With Lewy BodiesNew findings reinforce the idea that dementia with Lewy bodies can be pathologically classified as two different and distinct disease types.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 2, 2021·3 min readA Connection Between Brain’s Opioid System and Eating BehaviorThe function of the opioid system is connected to eating triggered by external stimuli. The findings could lead to the development of new therapies that target the opioid system to reduce obesity.Read More
