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·December 14, 2016·6 min read

Runners’ Brains May Be More Connected

According to researchers, endurance runners appear to have greater functional connectivity in their brains that those who don't exercise as much.

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·December 13, 2016·3 min read

Your Left Hand Knows What Your Right Hand is Doing

Findings using virtual reality could help to improve treatments for people with limited hand strength.

Autism Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 12, 2016·4 min read

Neuromotor Problems At the Core of Autism

Researchers warn using psychotropic medications to treat autism could make neuromotor problems worse.

Image shows Nancy Worthen is doing art therapy with her daughter, Maggie, who was minimally conscious.

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·December 8, 2016·6 min read

Researchers Track Communication in Minimally Conscious Patient

Researchers document the restoration of communication in a minimally conscious patient by measuring brain function before and after communication returned.

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·December 6, 2016·4 min read

Neuroimaging Categorizes Four Depression Subtypes

Researchers discover depression can be categorized into four different subtypes, each defined by different patterns of abnormal brain connectivity.

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·December 5, 2016·4 min read

How the Hippocampus Influences Future Thinking

Researchers report the hippocampus isn't just important for remembering past events, it also plays a vital role in future planning.

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·December 3, 2016·4 min read

Electronically Picking Your Brain – For Market Research

Researchers look to neuroimaging and EEG technology to improve market research.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Psychology

·December 2, 2016·4 min read

How Do Children Hear Anger?

Researchers use neuroimaging technology and acoustical analysis to better understand how kids process emotion in speech.

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·December 1, 2016·5 min read

Imaging Technique Can See You Think

Researchers use fast fMRI to track the brain activity that occurs during thought. The study could be a significant step toward mapping the neural networks responsible for attention, perception and other cognitive functions.

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·November 30, 2016·5 min read

Brain Pattern Flexibility and Behavior

Researchers investigate how high level cognitive processing occurs by looking at how different brain regions are connected.

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·November 29, 2016·5 min read

Religious Beliefs Activate Neural Reward Circuits in Same Way As Sex and Drugs

Powerful spiritual feelings were associated with activation in the nucleus accumbens, an area of the brain associated with reward, a new study reports.