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Brain networks more stable in individuals with higher cognitive abilities

Neuroscience NewsOctober 16, 2019

Higher intelligence was associated with higher temporal stability of brain network modularity. Brain regions of the dorsal attention network contributed most to the observed effect.... Read More...

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Dementia spreads via connected brain networks

Neuroscience NewsOctober 14, 2019

A new brain mapping study allows for individual predictions of the progression of frontotemporal dementia.... Read More...

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Neurofeedback increases self-esteem by re-balancing brain circuits in depression

Neuroscience NewsOctober 10, 2019

Neurofeedback training can alter guilt-related networks and improve self-esteem in those with major depressive disorder.... Read More...

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Brain scans may provide clues to suicide risk

Neuroscience NewsOctober 10, 2019

Neuroimaging can be used to assess a person's risk of suicidal behavior. Those with mood disorders, a history of suicidal thoughts, and those with a history of suicide attempts have less connectivity in the cognitive control network. They also have reduced connectivity between the cognitive control network and the default mode network.... Read More...

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Craving junk food after a sleepless night?

Neuroscience NewsOctober 9, 2019

Sleep deprivation causes the olfactory system to go into overdrive, sharpening food odors, and breaking down communication within other brain areas that receive food signals.... Read More...

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Prenatal stress could affect baby’s brain

Neuroscience NewsOctober 8, 2019

White matter tracts were significantly altered in babies whose mothers experienced stress during pregnancy.... Read More...

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Navigating ‘Neuralville’: Virtual town helps map brain functions

Neuroscience NewsOctober 7, 2019

Combining neuroimaging and a constructed virtual reality town, researchers found the brain uses three different systems to perceive environment. One system allows us to recognize a place, another helps navigate through that location, and the third helps navigate from one place to another. The parahippocampal place area (PPA) helps encode location recognition, while the retrosplenial complex allows for mentally mapping the locations of specific places.... Read More...

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Neuroimaging reveals hidden communication between brain layers during reading

Neuroscience NewsOctober 1, 2019

Stronger activation for words over pseudo-words was seen in deep layers of the visual word form area. The activation caused top-down projections from higher language areas of the brain.... Read More...

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Do children’s brains really get thinner?

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 24, 2019

A new study questions whether a child's brain thins as they get older. Researchers say the cortex does not thin during childhood, but instead becomes more myelinated. ... Read More...

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