State of mind: The end of personality as we know it
A new framework sheds light on how the mind adapts to different situations. The study proposes a unifying principle for the cortical mechanisms where state of mind is determined. ... Read More...
Bar-Ilan University
Seven seconds of Spiderman viewing yields a 20% phobia symptom reduction
Study reports people with insect phobias reported a 20% reduction in symptoms following seven-seconds of exposure to the superhero movies Spiderman and Antman.... Read More...
Parental PTSD Affects Health Behavior and Aging Among Offspring of Holocaust Survivors
A new study reports Holocaust survivors who suffer from PTSD and their adult children age less successfully and display more unhealthy behaviors than those with no PTSD or who did not experience the horrors of the Holocaust.... Read More...
Neurons in the Visual Cortex that Respond to Faces Identified
Researchers have identified neurons in the visual cortex that respond to different faces. ... Read More...
Great Minds May Think Alike, But All Minds Look Alike
Researchers report dendritic learning leads to a universal phenomenon that all brains are composed of the same wide spectrum of links.... Read More...
Less May Be More in Brain Stimulation Therapy
When it comes to using rTMS to treat neurological and psychiatric conditions, less might be more, researchers say. The study reports fewer stimulations are required to prevent neurons from ceasing to respond. ... Read More...
The Brain Learns Completely Differently than We’ve Assumed Since the 20th Century
A new study challenges long held beliefs about how learning occurs. Researchers suggest learning occurs in dendrites that are in closer proximity to neurons, as opposed to occurring solely in synapses. ... Read More...
Certain Smiles Aren’t All They Are Cracked Up to Be
Smiles can increase, or decrease, physical stress depending on how we perceive them, researchers report.... Read More...
Physicists Negate Century-Old Assumption Regarding Neurons and Brain Activity
Physicists report their findings about neurons and brain activity goes against conventional belief and could call into question thousands of scientific studies. They also believe their findings could impact new research into the origins of neurodegenerative diseases.... Read More...
How We Generate Internal Experiences
Internal experiences, such as recalling personal memories, are associated with the simultaneous activity of at least three different cognitive systems, a new study reports.... Read More...
Wanting More Self Control Could Hinder Efforts to Exert Self Control
According to researchers, our desire to take more control over our actions may actually be hindering our ability for self-control.... Read More...
Brain Blocks Formation of New Memories on Waking to Safeguard Consolidating Existing Memories
According to a new study, the brain blocks the ability for creating new memories shortly after waking in order to prevent the disruption of the stabilization of memory consolidation that occurs during sleep.... Read More...