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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Visual Neuroscience

·July 31, 2018·5 min read

Past Experience Shapes What We See More Than What We Are Looking At Now

Researchers report we recognize what we are looking at by combining current stimuli with comparison to images stored in memory.

Featured Neurology Pain Psychology

·May 29, 2018·3 min read

Why Some Gain While in Pain

A new study looks at why pain enhances some people's ability to perform well.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·May 16, 2018·4 min read

Our Brains Are Obsessed with Being Social

Researchers report the temporoparietal junction and medial prefrontal cortex experience increased connectivity during rest following encoding new social information.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·January 23, 2018·4 min read

The Creative Brain is Wired Differently

Synchrony between the default mode network and executive control network appear to play an important role in creativity, Harvard researchers report.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·January 16, 2018·5 min read

Study Reveals Why Some People Are More Creative Than Others

Researchers turn to neuroscience to help explain why some people are more creative than others.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·December 8, 2017·4 min read

Brain Network That Helps Babies Learn to Walk Identified

Researchers have identified a brain network that is involved in helping an infant learn to walk. Additionally, disruptions in the network may predict future risk of a child being diagnosed with ASD.

Featured Neuroscience

·December 4, 2017·3 min read

How We Generate Internal Experiences

Internal experiences, such as recalling personal memories, are associated with the simultaneous activity of at least three different cognitive systems, a new study reports.

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·November 27, 2017·4 min read

Study Shows Brain Impact of Youth Football

Following just one season, children who have a history of concussion and high impact exposure as a result playing football undergo significant brain changes, researchers report.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 1, 2017·4 min read

Researchers Discover Where Earliest Signs of Alzheimer’s Occur in the Brain

Researchers report they have discovered where the earliest signs of Alzheimer's may occur in the brain. Initial accumulation of Alzheimer's associated amyloid beta was discovered in an important functional network, the default mode network.

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·October 24, 2017·4 min read

Daydreaming is Good – It Means You Are Smart

A new study reveals people who report more frequent daydreaming scored higher on tests of intelligence and creativity. MRI scans also reveals more efficient brain systems for frequent daydreamers.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·October 13, 2017·6 min read

Magic Mushrooms May ‘Reset’ Brains of Depressed Patients

A new study adds to growing evidence supporting the benefits of psychedelics to treat mental illnesses. Researchers report psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in magic mushrooms, is effective in reducing symptoms for people with treatment resistant depression. The study reveals the compound resets the activity of a brain network associated with depression, helping to improve symptoms in patients for up to 5 weeks following treatment.