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·October 9, 2017·6 min read

A Turbo Charge For Your Brain?

Using non-invasive brain stimulation, researchers stimulated the lateral prefrontal cortex and medial prefrontal cortex, enhancing executive function and self control.

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·September 25, 2019·5 min read

AI helps scientists predict depression outcomes

Artificial intelligence technology was able to identify specific brain regions which were most important for predicting whether a person with depression would respond to SSRI antidepressants.

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·August 1, 2012·4 min read

Brain Imaging Can Predict How Intelligent You Are, Study Finds

Research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests that another 10 percent of individual differences in intelligence can be explained by the strength of neural pathways connecting the left lateral prefrontal cortex to the rest of the brain.

The diagram shows 264 brain regions in the human brain color coded by network affiliation.

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·August 12, 2013·5 min read

Brain’s Flexible Hub Network Helps Humans Adapt

A new study offers insight into how a well-connected core brain network in the lateral prefrontal cortex and posterior parietal cortex, help coordinate the brain’s response to novel cognitive challenges.

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·June 13, 2012·3 min read

Conscious Perception is a Matter of Global Neural Networks

New findings support the view that the content of consciousness is not localised in a unique cortical area. Consciousness is...

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·April 20, 2022·5 min read

Explore or Exploit: How Our Brains Make Choices

Study explores brain activity in primates and humans when presented with a choice between one option that maximizes information and another which prioritizes reward during decision making.

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·November 1, 2017·4 min read

How the Brain Beats Distraction to Retain Memories

A new study reveals a mechanism that may explain how the brain is able to retain memories when faced with distraction. The findings could help with the development of new artificial neural networks and AI technology.

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·October 27, 2017·4 min read

How the Brain Reacts to Difficult Moral Issues

According to researchers, familial relationships in movies affect the reactions in the viewer's brain to moral dilemma addressed between characters.

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·May 1, 2017·4 min read

Ill Gotten Gains Are Worth Less in the Brain

According to a new study, the brain responds less to rewards gained from immoral acts than it does to ethically earned rewards.

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·August 11, 2014·2 min read

Important Advance in Brain Mapping and Memory

A new study sheds light on how visual information is transformed into short term memory.

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·June 19, 2017·5 min read

Investigating Emotional Spillover in the Brain

Study reports inhibiting the activity of the lateral prefrontal cortex can help knock out emotional spillover.

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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.