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·August 15, 2022·5 min read

What Guides Our Attention to Faces in Videos Changes With Age

With age, the role of face centering increases when people view others on a television screen.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 4, 2022·5 min read

Mothers Use the Benefits of Song to Promote Infant Development

Attention-grabbing songs mothers sing to their little ones help develop emotional regulation and brain structures associated with self-regulation.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·June 10, 2022·5 min read

Drumming Improves Behavior and Brain Function in Autistic Adolescents

Drumming for 90 minutes per week helps adolescents with ASD to overcome hyperactivity and attention deficits. Learning drumming patterns also tunes brain connectivity in areas associated with inhibitory control and self regulation.

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·June 3, 2022·7 min read

Children Who Attend Schools With More Traffic Noise Show Slower Cognitive Development

Children who attend school close to busy roads and traffic are more likely to experience deficits in working memory and attention, a new study reports.

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Featured Neuroscience

·May 29, 2022·5 min read

What Is It About the Human Brain That Makes Us Smarter Than Other Animals?

How the human brain processes information differs from the brains of other primates. This may help explain why human cognitive abilities are superior to other animals.

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·May 24, 2022·5 min read

Medication Doesn’t Help Kids With ADHD Learn

Study reports medications for ADHD have little detectable impact on how much a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder learns in the classroom. However, the medications helped children retain attention, improve classroom behavior, and improve seat-time work.

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Autism Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·May 12, 2022·4 min read

Children With Autism Exhibit Typical Joint Attention During Toy Play With a Parent

Young children on the autism spectrum achieved joined attention similar to that of a neurotypical child when playing with their parents.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·May 10, 2022·3 min read

Exposing Liars by Distraction

Liars are easy to spot when they are faced with multi-tasking and dividing their attention while being interviewed, researchers report.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·May 3, 2022·8 min read

Why Teens Tune Out to Mom’s Voice

At age 13, teenagers no longer find their mother's voice uniquely rewarding, and tune into unfamiliar voices more. A new study reveals the neurobiology behind why teens begin to separate from their parents at this point of development and how it shapes them to become more socially adept outside a family setting.

Featured Neuroscience

·May 3, 2022·5 min read

Finding Your Car in a Parking Lot Relies on This Newly Discovered Brain Circuit

A newly discovered brain circuit allows us to focus attention on what's important in the environment and ignore other sensory stimuli.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·April 29, 2022·5 min read

How Ritalin Sharpens Attention

Study sheds new light on the neurobiological mechanisms that occur, allowing the ADHD drug Ritalin to improve attention and report the drug could have benefits for a range of cognitive changes associated with aging.

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Featured Neuroscience

·March 3, 2022·2 min read

Attention! Brain Scans Can Tell if You Are Paying It

A computational model that uses fMRI data helps researchers successfully predict how well people will perform at an attention task based on their brain scans alone.