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·April 9, 2015·5 min read

Future Language Development Outcomes in Children with Autism Could be Predicted by fMRI

A new study reports fMRI neuroimaging technology could be used to predict future language outcomes in toddlers with Autistic Spectrum Disorder.

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·April 8, 2015·3 min read

Brain Scans Reveal How People ‘Justify’ Killing

Neural mechanisms implicated in harming others is less active when violence is considered justified, a new study reports.

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·April 8, 2015·4 min read

Sensorimotor Regions of the Brain Become Overconnected in Children with Autism

A new study reports the connections between the cerebellum and cerebral cortex appear to be overdeveloped in the sensorimotor regions of the brain in children with autism.

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·April 6, 2015·6 min read

Neural Activity in Quickest Learners Differs From the Slowest

A new study reports of a biological basis as to why some people are quicker to learn than others.

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·March 24, 2015·3 min read

Brain Sees New Words as Pictures After Learning Them

New research could help explain how the brain processes words.

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·March 20, 2015·4 min read

Autistic and Non-Autistic Brain Differences Isolated for First Time

Neuroimaging study isolates functional differences between autistic and non-autistic brains, researchers report.

Images shows the progression of brain knowledge states as it learns a technical process.

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·March 17, 2015·3 min read

Tracing the Brain Processes Which Occur During Technical Concept Learning

According to a new study, the brain builds up novel technical knowledge over a course of different learning stages.

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·March 8, 2015·3 min read

Neuroscientists Identify New Way Several Brain Areas Communicate

Researchers have identified a new neural pathway by which several brain areas communicate within the striatum.

This image shows the brain activity in those with anorexia and BDD.

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·March 6, 2015·4 min read

People with Anorexia and Body Dysmorphic Disorder Have Similar Brain Abnormalities

A new study reports people with BDD and anorexia have similar brain abnormalities which affect their ability to process visual information.

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·March 5, 2015·2 min read

Human Brains Age Less than Previously Thought

According to a researchers, changes associated with brain aging could be due to vascular changes and not neural activity.

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·February 11, 2015·3 min read

How the Brain Listens to Literature

Researchers use neuroimaging technology to measure how people immerse themselves in situations and empathize with characters when listening to literature.