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          FeaturedPsychology
          ·January 14, 2018·4 min read

          Does Defense Actually Win Championships?

          Researchers analyse whether a good defensive team has the ability to put on the pressure and win sports championships.
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          ·January 8, 2018·5 min read

          Vision, Sensory and Motor Testing Could Predict Best Batters in Baseball

          A study of 252 professional baseball players revealed those who scored higher on a series of computerized motor and visual tasks had better batting averages and fewer strikeouts than their peers with lower scores.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·November 16, 2017·6 min read

          How the Songbird Changes Its Tune

          A new study reveals two different brain areas interact to help finches know when and how to tailor their songs for specific situations.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·September 14, 2017·3 min read

          Reactivating Visual Memories is a New Alternative to ‘Practice Makes Perfect’

          Repeated, extensive practice can be replaced by brief memory reactivation to help boost learning, a new study reports.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·September 8, 2017·4 min read

          Cell Phone Use During Pregnancy Not Linked to Neurodevelopmental Problems

          A new study considers the effect on an unborn child if its mother frequently uses a cell phone. Researchers did not find a neurodevelopmental risk for children of mothers who used cell phones, instead they noted some beneficial effects for language development and motor skills.
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          FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·September 6, 2017·5 min read

          Parkinson’s Severity Assessed Through Drawing

          Researchers have developed software capable of measuring writing speed and the pressure of a pen on a page. Asking volunteers to draw spirals, and using the new technology to analyse both speed and pen pressure, researchers were able to detect who had Parkinson's, as well as the severity of the disease.
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          FeaturedGeneticsNeurology
          ·August 16, 2017·3 min read

          Therapeutic Cocktail Could Restore Motor Skills after Spinal Cord Injury and Stroke

          Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have developed a therapeutic cocktail of molecules that restored fine motor skills in mice with spinal cord injuries. When applied to mice who had experienced stroke symptoms, researchers observed increased axon sprouting in subcortical areas.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·August 11, 2017·5 min read

          Deep Sleep Reinforces the Learning of New Motor Skills

          According to UCSF researchers, during non-REM sleep, newly learned useful neural patterns are replayed and recapped.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·July 5, 2017·3 min read

          Writing in Rhythm

          A new study focuses on how children learn to write. Quantifying pen movements revealed a process of learning distinct temporal patterns of movement that differentiate a set of features for each symbol.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·June 21, 2017·4 min read

          The Brain Mechanism Behind Multitasking

          Reactivating a learned memory is key to our ability to multitask, researchers report.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·June 12, 2017·4 min read

          Can A Single Exercise Session Benefit Your Brain?

          Summary: Researchers document not only the behavioral and cognitive effects of a single exercise session, but also the neurochemical and...
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·June 12, 2017·5 min read

          Acting and Thinking – Are They the Same for Our Brain?

          Findings raise more questions about the origins of human cognition.
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