Visual working memory not as specialized in the brain as visual encoding, study finds. Researchers have long known that specific...
New research from Uppsala University shows that a specific brain region linked to appetite regulation is reduced in elderly people...
New location of critical area provides hints on origin of language. Scientists have long believed that human speech is processed...
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In an effort to understand what happens in the brain when a person reads or considers such abstract ideas as...
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A leading University of Chicago researcher on empathy is launching a project to understand psychopathy by studying criminals in prisons....
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When we suddenly get the answer to a riddle or understand the solution to a problem, we can practically feel...
A study published in October's Cortex has shown young people who regularly play video games have an advantage in performing tasks which require visuomotor skills. The study also found that gamers show increased activity in the prefrontal cortex when asked to perform visuomotor tasks. By contrast, non-gamers had more reliant use of the parietal cortex, an area which involves hand-eye coordination, when performing visuomotor tasks.
