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·August 3, 2016·5 min read

Elders Use Brain Networks Differently For Short Term Recall

According to researchers, age related changes in the organization of neural networks when performing short term memory tasks may help to compensate for other aspects of brain aging.

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·July 27, 2016·5 min read

EEG Could Help Indicate Level of Awareness in Those With Consciousness Disorders

Researchers report EEG systems could be useful tools in assessing the levels of awareness in patients in a vegetative state.

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·July 21, 2016·4 min read

Temporarily Turning Off Brain Area to Better Understand Function

Researchers report that temporarily turning off an area of the brain changes patterns of activity across much of the remaining brain.

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·July 21, 2016·4 min read

Connectome Map More Than Doubles Human Cortex’s Known Regions

Researchers have developed new software that is able to correctly map areas of the cortex.

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·July 20, 2016·3 min read

How Our Brain Puts the World in Order

A new study identifies different brain regions that become active when a strategy of categorization is applied.

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·July 19, 2016·3 min read

Pinpointing the Neural Center of Resilience

A new study reports flexible brain activity in a particular area of the brain may predict resilience.

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·July 14, 2016·4 min read

Unexpected Arrangement of Plaques in Alzheimer’s Afflicted Brains

Researchers use a newly developed imaging technique that makes tissue transparent to visualize brain tissue from deceased patients with Alzheimer's disease.

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·July 13, 2016·5 min read

What “Free Will” Looks Like in the Brain

A new study pinpoints he areas of the brain involved in decision-making and action.

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·July 12, 2016·2 min read

MRI Technique Shows What Drinking Water Does to Your Appetite, Stomach and Brain

A new study reveals how drinking water can alter messages from the stomach to the brain and give that full feeling.

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·July 12, 2016·4 min read

Middle Age Memory Decline a Matter of Changing Focus

Memory decline that starts during middle age may be the result of changes in what information the brain focuses on when forming and retrieving memories.