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Your Brain on Imagination: It’s a Lot Like Reality

Neuroscience NewsDecember 10, 2018

A new neuroimaging study reveals imagination may help people with fear or anxiety disorders overcome them. The study reports imagining a threat can alter the way it is represented in the brain.... Read More...

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Thinking Outside the Box: ADHD Adults Not Constrained in Creativity

Neuroscience NewsOctober 11, 2018

Adults with ADHD feel empowered performing creative tasks that can help them with a job, researchers report.... Read More...

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How Brain Cells Work Together to Remember and Imagine Places

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 7, 2018

Researchers have created a computational model that helps explain how mental images drawn from memory can be explained by the firing of specific neurons.... Read More...

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Real and Imagined Movements Are Controlled by the Brain in the Same Way

Neuroscience NewsApril 24, 2018

Researchers report imagined movements can alter our sense of perception in the same ways as real movements do. The study reveals our brains predict how we would feel sensations if the imagined movements were executed.... Read More...

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Imagining an Object Can Change How We Hear Sounds Later

Neuroscience NewsApril 12, 2018

A new study reveals imagining visual stimuli can alter our perception of where auditory stimuli may be coming from.... Read More...

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Blind in the Mind: Why Some People Can’t See Pictures in their Imagination

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 11, 2018

Researchers report on why some people experience aphantasia, the inability to imagine in images.... Read More...

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Imagining an Action-Consequence Relationship Can Boost Memory

Neuroscience NewsAugust 11, 2017

Researchers reveal a helpful strategy to help those with cognitive problems to improve their memory. ... Read More...

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Sequential Options Prompt Future Thinking and Boost Patience

Neuroscience NewsJune 6, 2017

According to researchers, people are better able to exercise patience and better imagine future outcomes when framing choices as a sequence of events.... Read More...

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Neurons That Distinguish Between Reality and Imagination Discovered

Neuroscience NewsJune 1, 2017

Neurons found to be abnormal in psychosis play an important role in our ability to distinguish between what is real and what is perceived, researchers say.... Read More...

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