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·February 22, 2016·7 min read

Our Bad, Bad Brains: Roundtable Discussion for Brain Games’ Brains Behaving Badly Episode

Are humans hardwired for transgressions? Why are some of the brain's most basic instincts considered bad behavior? Why does bad behavior come so naturally to us? National Geographic's Brain Games asks Neuroscience News.

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·December 18, 2015·8 min read

A Stimulus Plan?

New research looks at the growing interest in brain stimulation devices, and reports regulating them may prove to be tricky.

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·June 7, 2015·3 min read

When Good People Behave Badly

A new study addresses why sometimes good people make unethical choices.

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·June 3, 2015·3 min read

Using Brainwaves to Verify a Person’s Identity

The way your brain responds to certain words could be used to replace your passwords and verify your identity, a new study reports.

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·July 9, 2014·3 min read

Doctors Have Ethical Obligation to Educate, Protect Athletes from Concussion

The AAN states doctors have an ethical obligation to educate and protect athletes from sports concussions.

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·May 30, 2014·9 min read

The Race to the Top: The Use of ‘Smart Drugs’ to Excel in Academia and in the Professional World

Zaheera Shabbir presents her opinion about the use of nootropics as smart drugs to enhance cognitive abilities.

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·April 30, 2014·5 min read

More Study Needed on Interrogation Techniques That Measure Brain Waves

Researchers caution on the use of Brain Fingerprinting for criminal investigation.

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·March 26, 2014·6 min read

Significant Progress Toward Creating “Benchtop Human” Reported

Researchers move a step closer to creating a bench-top human which could eventually replace animal testing.

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·November 7, 2013·3 min read

Researcher Seeks to Help Those Who Can’t Speak for Themselves

Non-communicative individuals, such as those in comas or vegetative states, may be able to express themselves better than is widely thought, a new study reports.

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·July 16, 2013·5 min read

Potential Neurological Treatments Often Advance to Clinical Trials on Shaky Evidence

A new study claims clinical trials for neurological diseases often fail because the animal studies which preceded them were poorly designed or biased in their interpretation.

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·April 10, 2013·2 min read

Reliability of Neuroscience Research Questioned

New research questions the reliability of neuroscience studies, concluding that results could be misleading due to low statistical power.

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·August 20, 2012·3 min read

Deep Brain Stimulation to Treat Obesity?

Electrical brain stimulation targeting the “dysregulated reward circuitry” could make deep brain stimulation a new option for the difficult-to-treat problem of obesity.