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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·July 2, 2019Brain imaging may help identify teens at risk of increasing alcohol useNeuroimaging study reveals teens with more gray matter in the caudate nucleus and left cerebellum were at increased risk of problem alcohol use over time. The findings reinforce the idea that brain structure differences may contribute to both psychiatric and substance use disorders. Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 23, 2019Obesity linked with differences in form and structure of the brainObesity is associated with alterations in brain structure, including lower gray matter volume and smaller globus pallidus volume. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·August 9, 2018Getting to the Roots of PessimismResearchers shed light on the role the caudate nucleus plays in pessimism. The study reports stimulating this area of the brain generates a negative outlook that clouds decision making. Read More
artificial intelligenceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 23, 2018Your Brain Responses to Music Reveal if You Are a Musician or NotMachine learning can predict, with significant accuracy, whether a person is a musician or not, based on fMRI data collected while subjects listened to music. Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 21, 2017Brains of Children With Better Physical Fitness Posses Greater Gray Matter VolumeResearchers link physical fitness in children to increased gray matter volume in areas of the brain implicated in language processing and reading skills. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychologyvisual neuroscience·January 25, 2017Triggering the Brain’s Auto FocusA new study pinpoints the brain area responsible for forming direct links between environmental stimuli and enhanced focus. Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 7, 2016Is Risk-Taking Behavior Contagious?Researchers report on a contagion effect when it comes to risk taking behaviors. Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·August 27, 2015Brain Structure Differences Suggest Teens May Not ‘Grow Out of’ ADHDA new study reports gray matter deficits in the caudate nucleus could mean that adolescents with ADHD may not grow out of the disorder. Read More
FeaturedPsychology·June 3, 2015Study Sheds Light on Astrocyte Disruption in DepressionA new study reports networks of astrocytes are altered in areas of the brain associated with mood regulation in some people who committed suicide as a result of depression. Read More
FeaturedPsychology·December 19, 2014OCD Patients’ Brains Light up to Reveal How Compulsive Habits DevelopThe compulsions in OCD could be due to a misfiring in the caudate nucleus, a new neuroimaging study proposes. Read More
