Deep stimulation improves cognitive control by augmenting brain rhythms
Deep brain stimulation improves performance on cognitive control tasks and increases theta oscillations in the medial, and lateral prefrontal cortex.... Read More...
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Video Game Based ‘Digital Medicine’ May Help Children with ASD and Co-Occurring ADHD
Study confirms the acceptability, feasibility and safety for using Project: EVO, a action video game experience, for children on the autism spectrum with co-occurring ADHD.... Read More...
Diving In to How Our Brains Process Information
Researchers are embarking on a new project to better understand the mechanisms of cognitive control.They hope to generate a specific mathematical model for each individual's brain activity in order to understand how cognitive control differs between people. ... Read More...
Living with Sensory Processing Disorder
Scientists are beginning to understand the neuroscience behind sensory processing disorder and are developing new therapies to help those with SPD.... Read More...
Mothers with High Emotional and Cognitive Control Help Their Children Behave
A new study reports mothers who demonstrate better emotional control and problem solving abilities have a more positive influence on their child's behavior.... Read More...
Overcoming Bias About Music Takes Work
Researchers reveal telling people whether a musician in a professional or student can change the way the brain responds to the music they are playing. ... Read More...
How the Brain Might Compensate Stress During Learning
A new study reveals how the brain manages to perform learned categorization while under stress.... Read More...
How Very Low Birth Weight Affects Brain Development
A new study sheds light on why children born with very low birth weight often suffer from cognitive problems.... Read More...
Why We Can’t Always Stop What We’ve Started
Stopping a planned behavior requires a complex and rapid choreography between a number of different brain areas, JHU researchers report. ... Read More...
Brain Scans Reveal Why Rewards and Punishments Don’t Seem to Work on Teens
Researchers investigate the teenage brain and answer questions as to why behaviors change so much during these years.... Read More...
Stay Focused, If You Can: Individual Differences in Brain Dynamics Influence Self Control
Researchers investigate the neuroscience behind how some people are better at resisting temptation that others.... Read More...
Watching Children Learn How to Lie
Researchers investigate children's thought processes as they figure out how to deceive others.... Read More...