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·November 1, 2021·4 min read

Boosting Human Mental Function With Brain Stimulation

A new method that merged artificial intelligence with electrical brain stimulation improved brain functions related to self-control and mental flexibility.

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·October 10, 2019·5 min read

Brain scans may provide clues to suicide risk

Neuroimaging can be used to assess a person's risk of suicidal behavior. Those with mood disorders, a history of suicidal thoughts, and those with a history of suicide attempts have less connectivity in the cognitive control network. They also have reduced connectivity between the cognitive control network and the default mode network.

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·November 30, 2017·5 min read

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.

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·January 13, 2020·4 min read

Calculated surprise leads to groundbreaking discovery in cognitive control research

The activity of the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (dACC) during motivated control reflects the calculation of surprise. The findings take cognitive control research to new heights by providing insight into how the dACC works as a component of a brain network that supports motivated behaviors.

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·April 4, 2019·5 min read

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.

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·September 15, 2018·5 min read

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.

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·November 10, 2021·4 min read

How Do We Learn to Learn?

Cognitive control training that focuses on important factors while ignoring distractions enhances information processing and enables the ability to "learn to learn".

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·March 8, 2018·3 min read

How the Brain Might Compensate Stress During Learning

A new study reveals how the brain manages to perform learned categorization while under stress.

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·January 22, 2018·7 min read

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.

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·June 28, 2018·13 min read

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.

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·April 22, 2023·5 min read

Mental Block: The Brain Often Stops Us From Learning From Mistakes

Researchers investigate why our brains often allow us to repeat mistakes and how we can apply cognitive control to self-correct when It comes to error-making.