Brain structure determines individual differences regarding music sensitivity
White matter connectivity between the auditory processing areas and brain areas associated with reward may explain why we like, or dislike music.... Read More...
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Information addiction: How information is like snacks, money, and drugs to your brain
Obtaining new information may be addictive. Study finds information acquisition shares the same dopamine producing reward system pathway as food, financial rewards and drugs. ... Read More...
The Circuits That Help You Keep Your Cool
Researchers reveal how connections from around the mammalian brain stimulate two key cell types in the locus coeruleus to moderate arousal in two different ways. ... Read More...
Our Brains Are Obsessed with Being Social
Researchers report the temporoparietal junction and medial prefrontal cortex experience increased connectivity during rest following encoding new social information.... Read More...
Study Shows Details of Brain Networks in Autism
Study confirms the spatial layout of brain networks is more pronounced in those with autism. Additionally, most of the variations in network location was identified in attention networks. ... Read More...
Brain Network That Helps Babies Learn to Walk Identified
Researchers have identified a brain network that is involved in helping an infant learn to walk. Additionally, disruptions in the network may predict future risk of a child being diagnosed with ASD.... Read More...
Electron Microscopy Uncovers Unexpected Connections in Fruit Fly Brain
Microscopy technology allows researchers to discover new connections in brain areas associated with memory and learning in fruit flies.... Read More...
People with Psychotic-Like Experiences Spend Less Time in Healthy Brain States
According to researchers, healthy people who experience subtle symptoms of psychotic disorders, such as hallucinations, have altered brain dynamics.... Read More...
Watch Out! Brain Network Calculates Impact of Approaching Object
A new study investigates how the a specific brain network tracks the location and speed of an object, helping animals to prepare for imminent impact.... Read More...
A New Learning Rule for Memory Formation and Storage Revealed
A new study questions traditional views of how memories are formed and stored in the brain. Additionally, researchers propose a new mechanism for learning.... Read More...
Ringing in Ears Keeps Brain More at Attention and Less at Rest
Researchers reveal the precuneus is more connected to the dorsal attention network and less connected to the default mode network in people with chronic tinnitus.... Read More...
Dietary Restriction Can Improve Learning in Worms
A PLOS Biology study reports a dietary restriction increases a worm's ability to form associations.... Read More...