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·June 20, 2025·4 min read

Facial Expressions Reveal Hidden Cognitive States

New research shows that facial expressions can reveal internal cognitive states, accurately predicting task performance across both macaques and mice. By analyzing facial features during a foraging task in a virtual reality setup, researchers identified patterns linked to motivation, focus, and responsiveness.

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·June 3, 2025·4 min read

Shared Genetic Signatures Found Across Psychiatric Disorders

Researchers have uncovered shared biological mechanisms across major psychiatric disorders by analyzing postmortem brain samples from the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Instead of looking at gene expression broadly, they zoomed in on the exon level—the building blocks that influence how proteins are made.

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·April 27, 2025·3 min read

Personality and Competition Shape Reproductive Success

A new study finds that male house mice adopt flexible mating strategies tied to their personality traits and environment. Some males consistently defend territories, while others roam for mates, adjusting based on body condition, rivals, and social surroundings.

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·November 16, 2023·4 min read

How Others’ Perspectives Shape Our Thoughts

Researchers explored the subtle influence of others' perspectives on human thinking. In a study involving 234 participants, they used blindfolds to examine whether people process the viewpoint of others spontaneously or if it depends on effort.

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·April 6, 2023·4 min read

How Our Brain Makes New Decisions

Researchers have identified a mechanism within the brain that underlies when we apply stored knowledge to novel decision-making situations.

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·March 24, 2023·3 min read

Synaptic Plasticity May Affect Diet Outcomes

When dieting, hunger-mediating AgRP neurons receive stronger signals, inducing synaptic plasticity. This may explain why people tend to eat more after a diet and regain the weight they have lost.

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·March 22, 2023·3 min read

Sweets Change Our Brain: Why Sweet Foods Are Irresistible

Consuming high-fat and high-sugar foods causes changes in activity and connectivity in the brain's dopaminergic system, resulting in a stronger preference for these foods.

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·September 22, 2022·6 min read

Electronic Comparison of MRI Brain Images Accurately Determines Biological Age

Using artificial neural networks to analyze neuroimaging data, researchers are able to accurately determine biological age.

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·March 11, 2022·2 min read

Brain Stress Factor Regulates Obesity

FKBP51, a protein linked to depression and anxiety disorders, also acts as a link between the stress response system and metabolic processes.

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·February 3, 2022·4 min read

People With Less Memory Loss in Old Age Gain More Knowledge

Older adults who experience less decline in fluid cognitive abilities show larger gains in crystallized abilities, a new study reports.

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·November 11, 2020·5 min read

Empathy and Perspective Taking: How Social Skills Are Built

Complex social problems require a mix of empathy and perspective-changing to resolve.

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·October 23, 2020·4 min read

Happiness and the Evolution of Brain Size

Study reveals a new role for serotonin in the development of the human neocortex. Serotonin acts cell-extrinsically as a growth factor for basal progenitors in the developing neocortex. Researchers report placenta-driven serotonin likely contributed to the evolutionary expansion of the neocortex in humans.