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Mindfulness Meditation and Relaxation Response Have Different Effects on Brain Function

Neuroscience NewsJune 13, 2018

A new study reports relaxation exercises strengthens coupling between brain areas associated with deliberate control, while mindfulness strengthens coupling between areas associated with sensory awareness and perception.... Read More...

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Higher Empathy People Process Music Differently in the Brain

Neuroscience NewsJune 12, 2018

Researchers report people with higher empathy process music with greater involvement in the brain's reward system and areas of the brain associated with social information processing.... Read More...

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Emotional Suppression Reduces Memory of Negative Events

Neuroscience NewsMarch 13, 2018

Researchers report both implicit and explicit emotional suppression reduces connectivity in brain regions associated with encoding emotional memories.... Read More...

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How the Brain Processes Music

Neuroscience NewsMarch 13, 2018

Researchers reveal the right homologue of the Broca's area plays a major role in the processing of music.... Read More...

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Voices and Emotions: The Forehead is the Key

Neuroscience NewsDecember 13, 2017

A new study reveals the frontal regions of the brain play a vital role in assessing and interpreting emotions communicated orally. ... Read More...

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Stuttering: Stop Signals in the Brain Disturb Speech Flow

Neuroscience NewsDecember 12, 2017

Hyperactivity in the right hemisphere is stronger in people who stutter or have similar speech disorders than in those without speech problems, researchers report.... Read More...

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Brains of Children With Better Physical Fitness Posses Greater Gray Matter Volume

Neuroscience NewsNovember 21, 2017

Researchers link physical fitness in children to increased gray matter volume in areas of the brain implicated in language processing and reading skills.... Read More...

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Structure of Right Side of Brain May Predict Language Recovery After Stroke

Neuroscience NewsMarch 30, 2016

A new study reports the structure of the right side of the brain might help to predict who will recover from aphasia following a stroke.... Read More...

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Brain Imaging Study Finds Unequal Healthcare Funding Provokes Moral Disgust

Neuroscience NewsAugust 18, 2015

A new study reports brain areas associated with moral and social disgust are triggered in people when they believe healthcare funding is split unequally.... Read More...

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Older People More Easily Distracted than the Young

Neuroscience NewsAugust 14, 2015

A new study reports we tend to be more easily distracted as we age.... Read More...

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Restoring Low Levels of Serotonin Could Improve Brain Function for Some with Dementia

Neuroscience NewsJune 25, 2015

Impulsivity may be reduced and brain function improved in patients with frontotemporal dementia by restoring low levels of serotonin, a new study reports.... Read More...

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The Musical Brain: Novel Study of Jazz Players Shows Common Brain Circuitry Processes Both Music and Language

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 19, 2014

Researchers find brain regions that process syntax aren't limited to language alone.... Read More...

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Mindfulness Meditation and Relaxation Response Have Different Effects on Brain Function

Emotional Suppression Reduces Memory of Negative Events

How the Brain Processes Music

Stuttering: Stop Signals in the Brain Disturb Speech Flow

Brains of Children With Better Physical Fitness Posses Greater Gray Matter Volume

Structure of Right Side of Brain May Predict Language Recovery After Stroke

Brain Imaging Study Finds Unequal Healthcare Funding Provokes Moral Disgust

Older People More Easily Distracted than the Young

Restoring Low Levels of Serotonin Could Improve Brain Function for Some with Dementia

The Musical Brain: Novel Study of Jazz Players Shows Common Brain Circuitry Processes Both Music and Language