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How Bullying Affects the Brain

Neuroscience NewsDecember 12, 2018

A new study reports children and teens who face chronic bullying have altered brain structure, as well as problems with anxiety and depression. Researchers found those who were bullies had structural changes to the putamen and caudate, contributing to the development of anxiety related behaviors and emotional processing.... Read More...

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Gut Hormone Increases Response to Food

Neuroscience NewsDecember 12, 2018

Researchers discover activity in brain regions involved in reward response from dopamine was higher in subjects injected with the hormone ghrelin, but only when responding to images associated with food smells. The study reports ghrelin controls the extent to which the brain associates reward with food odors.... Read More...

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Meditation Adapts the Brain to Respond to Better Feedback

Neuroscience NewsDecember 11, 2018

Researchers report the brains of those who practice meditation are less affected by negative feedback than those who do not meditate. The study reports this could be due to altered dopamine levels caused by the act of meditation.... Read More...

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Your Brain on Imagination: It’s a Lot Like Reality

Neuroscience NewsDecember 10, 2018

A new neuroimaging study reveals imagination may help people with fear or anxiety disorders overcome them. The study reports imagining a threat can alter the way it is represented in the brain.... Read More...

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Editing Consciousness: How Bereaved People Control Their Thoughts Without Knowing It

Neuroscience NewsDecember 10, 2018

Using machine learning to analyze fMRI brain scans of grieving people, researchers shed light on how unconscious suppression occurs.... Read More...

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Computers Can Spot the Difference Between Healthy Brains and Those with Dissociative Identity Disorder

Neuroscience NewsDecember 7, 2018

Machine learning algorithms were able to distinguish, with 73% accuracy, neurobiological differences between those with dissociative identity disorder and those without the condition.... Read More...

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Mountain Splendor? Researchers Know Where Your Eyes Will Look

Neuroscience NewsDecember 4, 2018

Combining neuroimaging data with deep convolutional neural networks, researchers were able to predict where people would direct their attention and gaze at images of natural scenes.... Read More...

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New Insights Into Loss of Pleasure in Depression

Neuroscience NewsDecember 4, 2018

A new study reveals a brain region that contributes to anhedonia, the loss of pleasure, in those with depression. The study also shows how ketamine acts on this brain region, explaining why the drug appears to be so effective at treating anhedonia.... Read More...

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Resilience May Be Neurobiological

Neuroscience NewsDecember 1, 2018

Individual differences in resting state connectivity may help explain why some people are more resilient to the effects of neighborhood violence than others.... Read More...

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Bigger Brains Are Smarter, But Not By Much

Neuroscience NewsDecember 1, 2018

Neuroimaging information reveals a small but significant positive association between brain volume and cognitive performance.... Read More...

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Rewriting the Brain Pathway for Consciousness

Neuroscience NewsNovember 29, 2018

Researchers say a new discovery about the pathways associated with consciousness contradicts conventional belief. The study reports the thalamus is not a critical part of the brain's pathway involved in wakefulness and consciousness, a finding that could help develop better methods for treating comas.... Read More...

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How Sounds Going Through Our Ears Become the Words Going Through Our Brains

Neuroscience NewsNovember 29, 2018

A new study reveals how the brain processes sound and how quickly neurons transition from processing the sound of speech to the language based words.... Read More...

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How Bullying Affects the Brain

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How Bullying Affects the Brain

Researchers Report Findings From Havana Embassy Phenomenon

Developing Brains of Preterm Babies Benefit From Caffeine Therapy

Neurology

Researchers Report Findings From Havana Embassy Phenomenon

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Editing Consciousness: How Bereaved People Control Their Thoughts Without Knowing It

Computers Can Spot the Difference Between Healthy Brains and Those with Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Psychology

How Bullying Affects the Brain

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Editing Consciousness: How Bereaved People Control Their Thoughts Without Knowing It

neuroimaging

How Bullying Affects the Brain

Gut Hormone Increases Response to Food

Meditation Adapts the Brain to Respond to Better Feedback

Your Brain on Imagination: It’s a Lot Like Reality

Editing Consciousness: How Bereaved People Control Their Thoughts Without Knowing It

Computers Can Spot the Difference Between Healthy Brains and Those with Dissociative Identity Disorder

Mountain Splendor? Researchers Know Where Your Eyes Will Look

New Insights Into Loss of Pleasure in Depression

Resilience May Be Neurobiological

Bigger Brains Are Smarter, But Not By Much

Rewriting the Brain Pathway for Consciousness

How Sounds Going Through Our Ears Become the Words Going Through Our Brains