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·March 8, 2021·3 min read

Cognitive Fatigue Changes Functional Connectivity in Brain’s Fatigue Network

Changes in functional connectivity within the fatigue network occur in response to cognitive fatigue.

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·March 8, 2021·3 min read

Brain Activity Foreshadows Changes in Stock Prices

Increased activity in the nucleus accumbens forecasted an increase in stock price within the next day, whereas increased activity in the anterior insular was predictive of whether a stock price would flip or change direction.

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·March 4, 2021·5 min read

Neuroimaging Reveals How Ideology Affects Race Perception

Researchers uncover the role activity in the anterior insula plays in how political ideology influences race perception.

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·March 2, 2021·6 min read

The Most Detailed Look Yet at the Neuroscience of Placebo Effects

Patients who reported a greater reduction in pain following being administered a placebo showed larger reductions in brain areas associated with pain construction.

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·March 1, 2021·3 min read

Noisy Brain Activity Contributes to Aging-Related Navigation Impairments

Overactive hippocampal activity may explain why some older people have trouble with spatial navigation and learning.

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·February 23, 2021·5 min read

Seeing Schizophrenia: X-Rays Shed Light on Neural Differences

Neurons from brain tissue samples of people with schizophrenia showed greater deviation, both from neurons from samples of people without the condition and from others with schizophrenia. Researchers say the structure of the neurons is unique to each individual with schizophrenia.

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·February 23, 2021·5 min read

Novel Neurofeedback Helps in Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders

Neurofeedback study reveals when people review their brain patterns in real-time, they are able to regulate activity in specific brain regions.

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·February 23, 2021·4 min read

Seasonal Variation in Daylight Influences Brain Function

The seasonal duration of daylight influences the number of opioid receptors in the brain. The findings shed new light on a potential mechanism behind seasonal affective disorder.

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·February 22, 2021·4 min read

Politics and the Brain: Attention Perks up When Politicians Break With Party Lines

Neuroimaging study reveals that when politicians take politically incongruent stances, people show stronger activation in the insula and anterior cingulate.

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·February 22, 2021·2 min read

Distorting Memories Helps the Brain Remember

The brain exaggerates differences between similar events in order to encode them in memory. This results in divergent brain activity that allows for better memory performance.

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·February 17, 2021·4 min read

COVID-19 Linked to Potentially Dangerous Eye Abnormalities

A new, lasting consequence of COVID-19 infection has been identified. Researchers report they have identified significant abnormalities in the eyes of those with severe coronavirus infection.