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·May 7, 2021·4 min read

Head to Toe: Study Reveals Brain Activity Behind Missed Penalty Kicks

Soccer players who feel anxious at the thought of kicking a penalty kick and who miss the goal show more activity in the prefrontal cortex. Overthinking the shot, researchers say, could play a role in missing a goal.

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·May 4, 2021·6 min read

New Neuroimaging Technique Studies Brain Stimulation for Depression

Researchers apply DOT neuroimaging to patients receiving repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for depression to better understand the effectiveness of the brain stimulation for the treatment of the disorder.

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·May 4, 2021·4 min read

The Gateway to Conscious Awareness

The anterior insular cortex appears to be a gate to conscious awareness, researchers conclude.

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·April 29, 2021·5 min read

Ultra-High Field MRI Detects Differences in Brain’s Hippocampus

A neuroimaging study of people with Down syndrome reveals subtle differences in the structure and function of the hippocampus.

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·April 27, 2021·3 min read

Higher Education Does Not Influence How the Brain Ages

A new study disputes the common belief that obtaining a higher education can help slow brain aging.

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·April 26, 2021·5 min read

Brain Changes Following TBI Share Similarities With Alzheimer’s Disease

Combining brain scan images with machine learning, researchers identified a number of brain changes following TBI that share similarities with Alzheimer's disease. The findings add to the growing body of evidence that the two conditions follow the same trajectories.

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·April 26, 2021·3 min read

How the Brain Encodes Social Network Structure

Brain regions associated with spatial processing also appear to govern and encode information about social relationships.

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·April 24, 2021·5 min read

You Don’t Have a “Male or Female Brain”: Studies Weaken Theories of Human Brain Sex Differences

Recent studies dispel the myth of sexual dimorphic brains.

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·April 14, 2021·3 min read

The Neural Basis of Psychopathy

Neuroimaging study reveals structural and functional differences in brain areas associated with emotional regulation in those with personality traits linked to psychopathy or antisocial personality disorder.

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·April 7, 2021·3 min read

Brain Regions Respond to Familiar and Unfamiliar Music, Even Without Musical Training

Passive exposure to music is enough to drive the development of music selectivity.

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·April 6, 2021·6 min read

New Multiple Sclerosis Subtypes Identified Using Artificial Intelligence

Combining artificial intelligence technology with brain scan data, researchers have identified three novel subtypes of multiple sclerosis.

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·March 28, 2021·3 min read

Leaky Blood-Brain Barrier Linked to Brain Tissue Damage in Brain Aging Disease

People with cerebral small vessel damage who also had a leaky blood-brain barrier had more tissue damage after two years than those whose blood-brain barrier was intact.