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·July 9, 2022·4 min read

It’s Easier to Forgive When You Are Under Chronic Stress

People who experience chronic stress are more forgiving toward others than those who experience everyday stresses.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 9, 2022·4 min read

Study Examines Memory in Birdwatchers, Finds Having Expert Knowledge Helps Us Memorize New Information

Having expert knowledge in a subject helps us better memorize new information, a new study finds.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·July 9, 2022·5 min read

Spot the Difference: Brain Changes That Enable Fine Visual Discrimination Learning

Study uncovers the neural changes that occur during learning to improve discrimination of closely related visual objects.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 8, 2022·3 min read

Antibiotic Treatments May Make Us More Susceptible to Negative Emotions

Recent antibiotic use impacts the way in which people pay attention to negative facial expressions. Findings shed light on how antibiotic use can increase the risks of depression.

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Featured Neuroscience Pain Psychology

·July 8, 2022·5 min read

Mindfulness Meditation Reduces Pain by Separating It From the Self

Mindfulness meditation interrupted communication between brain areas involved in processing pain sensations and areas that produce the sense of self. This resulted in reduced pain as individuals lost ownership of the sensation.

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Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·July 8, 2022·4 min read

Brain Regions Vulnerable to Disease May Lack Adequate Energy From Blood Supply

Researchers say brain areas associated with neurodegenerative diseases tend to have less dense vascular networks which supply the brain with energy via the blood. The findings shed light on how the neurovascular system plays a role in the development of neurodegeneration.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·July 8, 2022·3 min read

Online Art Viewing Can Improve Well-Being

Visiting online galleries not only allows for a greater opportunity for art to be seen by the public, it also helps improve mood, reduces anxiety, and provides a greater sense of well-being.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 8, 2022·4 min read

Long Term High-Fat Diet Expands Waistline and Shrinks Brain

Mice fed a high-fat diet for 30 weeks were considerably more likely to develop diabetes, face cognitive impairments, and develop depression and anxiety. The mice with diet-induced cognitive impairment were also more likely to gain weight excessively due to poor metabolism caused by the brain changes.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 8, 2022·5 min read

Brain Ripples May Help Bind Information Across the Human Cortex

Ripples occur in the human cortex, both while we are awake and asleep.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 7, 2022·5 min read

Post-pandemic Diet Shifts Could Avert Millions of Deaths

Encouraging people to eat more fruits and vegetables, and reduce meat intake could avert up to 26 million deaths per year and make food more affordable.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 7, 2022·4 min read

Poor Physical and Mental Health Among Older Adults Linked to Childhood Abuse History

Older adults who experienced physical abuse as children are significantly more likely to develop chronic pain and other chronic health issues. Additionally, they are also three times more likely to develop mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety.

Featured Genetics Neurology Neuroscience

·July 7, 2022·4 min read

New Research Could Explain Unknown Causes of Epilepsy

A protein called Tmep appears to control neuron excitability by altering the behavior of an ion channel, impacting the likelihood of whether that neuron will fire.

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brain research

It’s Easier to Forgive When You Are Under Chronic Stress

Study Examines Memory in Birdwatchers, Finds Having Expert Knowledge Helps Us Memorize New Information

Spot the Difference: Brain Changes That Enable Fine Visual Discrimination Learning

Antibiotic Treatments May Make Us More Susceptible to Negative Emotions

Mindfulness Meditation Reduces Pain by Separating It From the Self

Brain Regions Vulnerable to Disease May Lack Adequate Energy From Blood Supply

Online Art Viewing Can Improve Well-Being

Long Term High-Fat Diet Expands Waistline and Shrinks Brain

Brain Ripples May Help Bind Information Across the Human Cortex

Post-pandemic Diet Shifts Could Avert Millions of Deaths

Poor Physical and Mental Health Among Older Adults Linked to Childhood Abuse History

New Research Could Explain Unknown Causes of Epilepsy

AI Body Gap: Why Robots Need “Internal Feelings” to be Safe

Wetware AI: Living Brain Cells Trained to Run Chaos Math

Mapping the Brain’s Internal Stopwatch

Individual Cone Cells Create Our Sharpest Sight

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