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FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 13, 2018·5 min readBrain Changes Found in Self-Injuring Teen Girls Similar to BPDA new neuroimaging study reveals the brains of teenage girls who self harm show similar features to adults with borderline personality disorder.Read More
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FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 12, 2023·4 min readCommon Brain Network for Psychiatric Illness DiscoveredInvestigating four pre-existing, publically available psychological and neurological data sets, researchers identify a network of brain areas that underlie psychiatric disorders including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia.Read More
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FeaturedPsychology·February 1, 2017·5 min readEarly Signs of Anxiety and Depression May Be Evident in NewbornsResearchers report early indicators of depression and anxiety may be evident in the brain from birth.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·April 8, 2019·3 min readHow education may stave off cognitive declineNeuroimaging reveals those who have spent more years studying have increased cortical thickness in the medial prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate and orbitofrontal areas of the brain. Researchers also identified enhanced gene expression profiles in these brain regions that promote information processing and provide protection against some age-related neurodegenerative diseases.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 28, 2020·3 min readHow the Brain Balances Emotion and ReasonArea 32, a region of the anterior cingulate, balances activity from cognitive and emotional areas of the primate brain.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 1, 2017·5 min readMapping Brain Activity to Improve Prosthetic DesignMapping brain activity of able body people traversing different terrains on a treadmill may lead to the development of better prosthetics, U of H researchers report.Read More