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The fmri brain scan image shows the areas affected when making a moral judgement.

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·March 28, 2014·2 min read

Brain Scans Link Concern for Justice with Reason Not Emotion

A new neuroimaging study finds those who care about justice are swayed more by reason than emotion.

In this image, a student demonstrates the new technology.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·March 27, 2014·4 min read

New Guidance System Could Improve Minimally Invasive Surgery

Researchers have developed a new computerized process which could make minimally invasive neurosurgery more accurate and streamlined.

This diagram shows the process from seeing a picture to the reconstructed image.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 25, 2014·2 min read

Researchers Reconstruct Facial Images Locked in a Viewer’s Mind

Using data from fMRI brain scans, researchers accurately reconstruct images of human faces as viewed by other people

This MRI scan shows a sagital view of the human head.

Featured Neurology

·March 25, 2014·3 min read

Brain Differences in College Aged Occasional Drug Users

Researchers discover impaired neuronal activity in parts of the brain associated with anticipatory functioning in young adults who occasionally use stimulant drugs.

The image shows the MRI brain data. The caption best describes the image.

Featured Genetics

·March 25, 2014·4 min read

MRI Reveals Genetic Activity

Researchers adapt MRI techniques to visualize gene activity in the brain.

This image shows a fragmented human face.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 18, 2014·4 min read

Out of Mind, Out of Sight

Suppressing unwanted memories disrupts traces of them in sensory processing areas and influences behavior, a new study reports.

This is a photo of Scott Frey.

Featured Neurology

·March 12, 2014·3 min read

Study Suggests New Rehabilitation Methods for Amputees and Stroke Patients

Researchers shed light on new ways in which patients compensate when losing a dominant hand and suggest new rehabilitation techniques for those recovering from upper limb amputations and strokes.

This image shows an MRI of the default mode network in the brain.

Featured Psychology

·March 12, 2014·4 min read

Nicotine Withdrawal Weakens Brain Connections Tied to Self Control Over Cigarette Cravings

New research suggests the high relapse rate in smokers could be explained by diminished connectivity in key brain networks.

This image shows the fmri and charts from the study.

Featured Psychology

·March 11, 2014·4 min read

Researchers Study Decision Making Center of Brain

Researchers identify different profiles of brain activity when people make cost benefit decisions related to alcohol consumption.

This is an MRI scan of the brain with the hippocampus located with a cross hair.

Featured Psychology

·March 10, 2014·3 min read

Outside the Body Our Memories Fail Us

Researchers demonstrate the close relationship between body perception and our ability to store new memories.

This image shows two brain slices, one with alzheimers and one of a normal brain.

Featured Neurology

·March 7, 2014·2 min read

Inherited Alzheimer’s Damage Greater Decades Before Symptoms Appear

Neuronal damage can begin up to twenty years before Alzheimer's symptoms appear, researchers report.

This is a neuron made up of binary code.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 6, 2014·3 min read

Researchers Use Computers to “See” Neurons to Better Understand Brain Function

A new study provides information about the motor circuits of the brain which could help develop new therapies for a range of neurological diseases.

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