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·January 8, 2018·1 min read

Amphetamine Abuse Disrupts Development of the Prefrontal Cortex: Mouse Study

According to a new study to be published in eNeuro, amphetamine use may disrupt the development of the orbital prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with decision making.

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·January 5, 2018·5 min read

Mirror Neuron Activity Predicts People’s Decision Making in Moral Dilemmas

UCLA researchers investigated how the brain responds when people watch other experience painful events. The study reports neural responses predict whether people will be inclined to avoid causing harm to others when faced with moral dilemmas.

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·December 13, 2017·5 min read

Increased Air Pollution Linked to Bad Teenage Behavior

USC researchers report air pollution could have an impact on teenage behavior. The study found particle matter 2.5 can enter the brain, causing inflammation and damage to brain networks associated with emotion and decision making.

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·December 13, 2017·5 min read

Voices and Emotions: The Forehead is the Key

A new study reveals the frontal regions of the brain play a vital role in assessing and interpreting emotions communicated orally.

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·December 10, 2017·3 min read

Nicotine Withdrawal Affects the Brain’s Cognitive System

Penn State researchers report nicotine withdrawal may blunt working memory and cognitive processing.

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·December 6, 2017·5 min read

Some Video Games Are Good For Older Adults’ Brains

Using the classic Nintendo game, Super Mario 64, researchers discover playing 3D platform games could help older brains to stave off mild cognitive impairment. Researchers report older people who played the video game had gray matter increases in the cerebellum, hippocampus and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.

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·November 30, 2017·4 min read

Helping the Brain Prune Bad Habits

Emory researchers report a drug approved in Japan for stroke, can help to stimulate neural pruning and help reduce habit driven behaviors in mice.

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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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·November 27, 2017·5 min read

Sheep Are Able to Recognize Human Faces From Photographs

University of Cambridge researchers report sheep can be trained to recognize different faces from photographs and can identify their handler in a photo without prior training.

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·November 24, 2017·6 min read

How Badly Do You Want Something? Babies Can Tell

MIT researchers reveal infants before the age of one are able to determine how much someone values a goal by observing how hard someone works to achieve it.

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·November 16, 2017·4 min read

Stress Can Lead to Risky Decisions

Researchers report chronic stress can influence how we make decisions. In a new study, mice who were affected by chronic stress were more likely to make more risky decisions with higher payoff options than those who were less stressed.

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·November 14, 2017·6 min read

Music Training Changes Children’s Brain Structure and Boosts Decision Making Network

In as little as two years of learning, music can change the structure of the brain's white matter and boost networks implicated in decision making in children, USC researchers report.