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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.

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·May 16, 2017·5 min read

Don’t Count on Your Chickens Counting

Researchers contradict the accepted view that we biologically evolved a capacity for numerical cognition.

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·March 28, 2017·7 min read

Enlisting The Help of Machine Learning to Diagnose Depression

Researchers are utilizing neuroimaging data to identify brain patterns and predict depression with the help of machine learning.

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·March 1, 2017·6 min read

How Gamers Get Good

Consistent rituals and practice lead to better skilled video game players, a new study reports.

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·December 12, 2016·4 min read

Study Uncovers Details of Information Processing in the Brain

A new study looks at how our brains process information when we pay attention and attempt to ignore stimuli.

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·December 3, 2016·4 min read

Electronically Picking Your Brain – For Market Research

Researchers look to neuroimaging and EEG technology to improve market research.

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·December 1, 2016·5 min read

Imaging Technique Can See You Think

Researchers use fast fMRI to track the brain activity that occurs during thought. The study could be a significant step toward mapping the neural networks responsible for attention, perception and other cognitive functions.