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·August 26, 2019·3 min read

Spontaneous brain fluctuations influence risk-taking

Fluctuations in the dopaminergic midbrain play a critical role in risky decision making.

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·August 21, 2019·3 min read

Using real-time fMRI to treat Tourette Syndrome

Real-time fMRI neurofeedback could be a potential new treatment for Tourette syndrome.

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·August 19, 2019·5 min read

A map of the brain can tell what you’re reading

fMRI brain scans reveal semantic tuning during both reading and listening to words are highly correlated in selective areas of the cerebral cortex. The new brain maps enabled researchers to accurately predict which words would active specific regions of the cortex.

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·August 11, 2019·5 min read

Social exclusion fuels extremism in young men

Sacred values and social isolation contribute to extremism in young men.

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·August 9, 2019·3 min read

Regular exercise may slow decline in those at risk of Alzheimer’s

Exercise can have a positive benefit in preventing or slowing physical signs of Alzheimer's disease in those with a genetic predisposition.

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·August 8, 2019·2 min read

The neurochemistry of social perception

Researchers examined the effects oxytocin and vasopressin had on perceptions of social dominance. Oxytocin increased perception of greater dominance. Neuroimaging revealed the findings were also reflected in changes in brain regions associated with social perception.

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·August 5, 2019·4 min read

How some older brains decline before people realize it

Structural and functional alterations in the cognitive control network contribute to individual variability in memory performance during aging.

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·August 1, 2019·3 min read

Brain activity may help predict success of CBT in depression

Only 45% of patients with major depressive disorder find benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). A neuroimaging study reveals those who respond to CBT have greater neural activity in the right striatum and right amygdala pretreatment than those who find little benefit from the treatment. The findings could serve as a biomarker to discover who will respond to CBT.

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·July 31, 2019·3 min read

What the brains of people with excellent general knowledge look like

An individual's level of general knowledge is associated with structural brain network connectivity. Fluid intelligence is best predicted by cortex volume in males, and by functional network connectivity in females.

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·July 30, 2019·8 min read

Team IDs Spoken Words and Phrases in Real Time from Brain’s Speech Signals

Using ECoG and machine learning, researchers decoded spoken words and phrases in real-time from brain signals that control speech. The technology could eventually be used to help those who have lost vocal control to regain their voice.

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·July 28, 2019·4 min read

Frog in your throat? Stress might be to blame for vocal issues

Stress can have an impact on voice disorders. Researchers found those with higher salivary cortisol levels also exhibited brain activity that impacted the larynx. Those who were more introverted were more likely to have stress reactions related to speech.

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·July 26, 2019·4 min read

A computer that understands how you feel

EmoNet, a new convolutional neural network, can accurately decode images into eleven distinct emotional categories. Training the AI on over 25,000 images, researchers demonstrate image content is sufficient to predict the category and valence of human emotions.