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·April 10, 2017·3 min read

Are You Listening? Your Pupils Indicate If You Are

Researchers report that during times of shared attention, pupil dilation patterns synchronize.

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·November 9, 2018·4 min read

Brain Learns to Recognize Familiar Faces Regardless of Where They Are in Visual Field

Researchers report facial recognition varies by where they appear in the visual field, and this variability is reduces through learning familiar faces via social interactions. The study reports repeated social interactions tune visual neurons in the face processing network to enable consistent and rapid rapid recognition of familiar faces.

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·March 18, 2018·3 min read

Your Gender May Affect How You Perceive a Woman’s Anxiety in STEM

A new study reports males are more likely to attribute anxiety amongst women in STEM classes to being ill prepared for study, while women attribute anxiety to external factors, including gender bias and negative stereotyping.

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·September 13, 2017·4 min read

Teens’ Ability to Consider the Intentions of Others Linked to Structural Changes in the Brain

A new Scientific Reports study links structural changes in the teenage brain to behavioral changes when it comes to understanding the intention of others.

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·June 25, 2018·5 min read

Inability to Recognize Faces Linked to Broader Visual Recognition Problems

Researchers report developmental prosopagnosia, or face blindness, occurs as the results of neurobiological problems that broadly affect visual recognition.

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·September 15, 2022·5 min read

Fitness Trackers Reveal Links Between Exercise, Memory, and Mental Health

Specific intensities of exercise over a long period of time are associated with different aspects of memory and mental health.

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·September 30, 2021·5 min read

Fractal Brain Networks Support Complex Thought

When people engage in complex thoughts, their brain networks organize into fractal-like patterns.

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·April 24, 2023·6 min read

The Key to Debunking False Beliefs Is by Addressing Underlying Belief Systems

A new study suggests that to debunk false beliefs, it may be more effective to target a person's system of beliefs rather than trying to change the false belief itself. The study found that people have a system of interrelated beliefs that depend on each other and may anchor their system, making it difficult to change beliefs even with evidence against them.

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·March 2, 2021·6 min read

The Most Detailed Look Yet at the Neuroscience of Placebo Effects

Patients who reported a greater reduction in pain following being administered a placebo showed larger reductions in brain areas associated with pain construction.

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·February 27, 2020·5 min read

How the brain forms habits

As the brain starts to develop new habits, activity in the dorsolateral striatum increases. As the activity bursts increase, the habit becomes stronger. Inhibiting neural activity with optogenetics reduces habit behaviors in mice.

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·August 17, 2020·5 min read

To Perceive Faces, Your Brain Relies on a Process Similar to Computer Face Recognition Systems

Some patients with a disorder called hemi-PMO see distortions in the same half of a person's face, regardless of the angle they view the face. Findings suggest the visual system standardizes all the faces we perceive using the same process, so they can be better compared to faces we have seen before.

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·January 9, 2019·5 min read

Study Explains Public Resistance to Vaccinations

Study reports past problems with vaccine research can cause hysteresis, or a negative history that stiffens the resolve of some against vaccinations. The findings shed light on why it is hard to improve vaccine uptake, even when there is overwhelming evidence of the safety and benefits of vaccinations.

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Are You Listening? Your Pupils Indicate If You Are

Your Gender May Affect How You Perceive a Woman’s Anxiety in STEM

Inability to Recognize Faces Linked to Broader Visual Recognition Problems

Fitness Trackers Reveal Links Between Exercise, Memory, and Mental Health

Fractal Brain Networks Support Complex Thought

The Key to Debunking False Beliefs Is by Addressing Underlying Belief Systems

The Most Detailed Look Yet at the Neuroscience of Placebo Effects

How the brain forms habits

To Perceive Faces, Your Brain Relies on a Process Similar to Computer Face Recognition Systems

Study Explains Public Resistance to Vaccinations

Genes Associated with Earlier and Higher Reproduction Linked to Accelerated Aging

Novel Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Shows Promise

Brain’s Response to Crucial Language Hub Removal: New Insights

Did Fermentation Drive Human Brain Evolution?

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