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·July 10, 2017·7 min read

Brain Training Has No Effect on Cognitive Function or Decision Making

Over the past few years, brain training programs have grown in popularity with claims of helping to improve memory and cognitive function. However, a new study in the Journal of Neuroscience reports a popular commercial brain training system had no effect on cognitive function beyond practice effects on the training tasks. They system also had no effect on decision making.

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·July 6, 2017·5 min read

Brain Stimulation May Help Children With Learning Difficulties

An exploratory study reveals a brain stimulation method previously suggested to help adults learn math may also help children with mathematical learning difficulties.

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·June 28, 2017·7 min read

How the Cortex Assigns Credit for Causality

A new study implicates the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in our ability to assign credit for whatever action leads to a desired outcome. While the study does not rule out the involvement of other brain areas to credit assignment, it does show the dlPFC is a key player in how we assess causality.

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·June 7, 2017·4 min read

Improving Creativity Through Electrical Brain Stimulation

Electrically stimulating the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex can enhance out ability to 'think outside the box', a new study reports.

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·April 24, 2017·5 min read

Placebo Effect Could Mend a Broken Heart Too

A new neuroimaging study finds the placebo effect can help to lessen the impact of the emotional pain from romantic rejection.

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·April 20, 2017·5 min read

Effects of Alcoholism on Brain’s Reward System May Be Different in Women Than Men

Researchers report the reward system in the brains of female alcoholics are larger than in women who are not addicted to alcohol. By contrast, this area is smaller in alcoholic men than non-alcoholic men.

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·April 14, 2017·3 min read

High Stakes, High Risk, and a Bad Bet: Inside the Brains of Gambling Addicts

A new neuroimaging study finds those with gambling addition have a poor ability to assess and adapt to high risk situations.

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·March 9, 2017·6 min read

Memory Brain Hack: Super Sized Memory is Trainable and Long Lasting

Embarking in 30 minutes of strategic memory training for 40 days more than doubles the capacity for memory recall, a new study reports.

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·December 16, 2016·3 min read

Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Improves Cognitive Control

Applying transcranial direct current stimulation to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex can help to improve cognitive control and may be a beneficial treatment for those with autism, schizophrenia and ADHD, a new study reports.