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·January 18, 2022·2 min read

How We Understand Causality

A new study considers how people acquire and utilize knowledge about causal relationships.

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·July 31, 2020·5 min read

To Distinguish Contexts, Animals Think Probabilistically

The act of remapping an area can be mathematically modeled as probabilistic reasoning in rodents.

An image of green poison ivy leaves with "summer" under the image is positioned above an image of red and orange poison ivy leaves with "fall and spring" under it. Both of these images are to the left of a graphic of a brain with the striatum and hippocampus drawn in and labeled. Areas are labeled with the words avoid, red, leaflets, shiny, and summer on the graphic.

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·March 6, 2019·7 min read

More Than Just Memories: A New Role for the Hippocampus During Learning

A new role for the hippocampus involving pattern separation and conjunctive representation in reinforcement learning is discussed.

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·September 8, 2018·4 min read

Life’s Purpose Rests in Brain’s Drive to Extract Meaning From the World

A new article questions what gives us purpose in life? Researchers speculate it is our drive to extract meaning from the world around us.

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·March 30, 2018·7 min read

From Lullabies to Live Concerts: How Music and Rhythm Shape Our Social Brains

Researchers reveal lullabies help sooth both baby and mom simultaneously. Additionally, playing music to babies help increase their attention and positive displays of emotion to their mothers.

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·March 21, 2018·4 min read

Can the Healthy Brain Offer Clues to Curing Alzheimer’s?

A new paper reports fully investigating the brain before the onset of dementia may herald clues for developing new treatments for Alzheimer's disease.

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·January 27, 2018·3 min read

Cognitive Neuroscience and the Awareness of Ignorance

Researchers shed light on areas of the brain associated with metacognitive judgement.

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·December 13, 2017·4 min read

Researchers Induce a Form of Synesthesia with Hypnosis

Hypnotic suggestion can trigger visual hallucinations similar to those experienced by people with synethesia, researchers report.

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·September 18, 2017·3 min read

Debunking the Myth That OCD is Associated With Superior Intelligence

A new study disputes a myth popularized by Freud. Reporting in Neuropsychological Review, researchers say they have found no association between obsessive compulsive disorder and higher IQ.

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·September 4, 2017·5 min read

New Insight Into Self-Control Through Neuroimaging

A new neuroimaging study reveals self control varies depending on the importance of the decision. Self control, researchers note, may also be augmented when people are asked to justify their decisions.