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·August 14, 2017·5 min read

Cognitive Abilities Seem to Reinforce Each Other in Adolescence

A new study reports cognitive abilities mutually assist each other during development. This results in improved cognitive skills and general intelligence over time.

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·August 14, 2017·4 min read

Brain Injury in Kids Might Lead to Alcohol Abuse

According to a new Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience study, children who experienced TBI under the age of 5 were 3.6 times more likely to have problems with substance abuse as teens. Finding suggest traumatic brain injuries during early life could be a risk factor for alcohol abuse later in life.

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·August 12, 2017·4 min read

Chimpanzees Learn Rock-Paper-Scissors

Study reveals chimpanzees are able to learn the circular relationship between hand patterns in the game 'rock-paper-scissors' as well as a four year old child.

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·August 8, 2017·5 min read

Sleep Makes it Possible for Babies to Associate Words With Content, and Not With Noise

A midday nap after a learning session helped infants associated correct or incorrect words to new objects they had been exposed to. The study sheds light on the role sleep plays in developing lexical memory.

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·August 8, 2017·6 min read

MRI Reveals Striking Brain Differences in People With Genetics Autism

Researchers have performed an MRI study of people with a common form of genetic autism. They discovered those with abnormalities on 16p11.2 had structural abnormalities with the corpus callosum and white matter volume.

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·August 7, 2017·1 min read

Brain Lays Foundation for Reason in Childhood

According to a new Journal of Neuroscience study, strong structural connectivity between the rostrolateral prefrontal cortex and inferior parietal lobe in young children is associated with improved reasoning in adulthood.

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·August 4, 2017·6 min read

Flame Retardant Exposure Found to Lower IQ in Children

Children whose mothers were exposed to PBDEs during pregnancy may have a lower IQ than their peers who did not experience prenatal exposure, a new study reports. Researchers found that every 10 fold increase of maternal PBDE levels was associated with a drop of 3.7 IQ points in her child.

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·August 3, 2017·4 min read

Children’s Temperaments Help Predict Dinnertime Struggles

Researchers say toddlers who are wary of new toys also tend to be less accepting of new foods. They suggest early food attitudes may stem from a child's personality and temperament.

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·August 3, 2017·3 min read

How Early Life Experiences Affect the Adult Brain

According to researchers, the visual environment a zebrafish matures in affects their spontaneous brain activity.

Autism Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·August 3, 2017·6 min read

Autism May Reflect Excitation-Inhibition Imbalance in Brain

Reducing the excitation-inhibition ratio by diminishing excitability of pyramidal neurons or increasing excitability of PV neurons led mice to spend more time engaged in social encounters. Researchers believe the excitation-inhibition balance may play a key role in autism and normal social behavior.

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·August 2, 2017·2 min read

How Infant Directed Speech Shapes Your Child’s Development

Babytalk not only provides a baby with comfort and encouragement, it can also help facilitate early language development, a new study reports.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·August 2, 2017·5 min read

Use It or Lose It

LMU researchers report neural activity in the auditory system has a direct effect on myelination. Higher levels of neural activity resulted in the formation of thicker myelin sheaths and enhanced speed of signal transmission.

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