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·July 12, 2019·5 min read

The brain’s pathways to imagination may hold the key to altruistic behavior

Imagination helps us act altruistically, a new study reports. When we see others in trouble, we imagine how we can help before acting. Researchers implicate the medial temporal lobe subsystem in guiding our prosocial behaviors.

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·December 10, 2018·4 min read

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

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.

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·October 11, 2018·3 min read

Thinking Outside the Box: ADHD Adults Not Constrained in Creativity

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

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·September 7, 2018·3 min read

How Brain Cells Work Together to Remember and Imagine Places

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

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·April 24, 2018·3 min read

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

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.

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·April 12, 2018·4 min read

Imagining an Object Can Change How We Hear Sounds Later

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

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·January 11, 2018·5 min read

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

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

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·August 11, 2017·4 min read

Imagining an Action-Consequence Relationship Can Boost Memory

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

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·June 6, 2017·5 min read

Sequential Options Prompt Future Thinking and Boost Patience

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

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·June 1, 2017·4 min read

Neurons That Distinguish Between Reality and Imagination Discovered

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.