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·May 13, 2013·3 min read

Grammar Errors? The Brain Detects Them Even When You Are Unaware

Researchers discover people detect and process grammatical errors with no conscious awareness of doing so.

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·May 10, 2013·5 min read

Cocaine Vaccine Passes Key Testing Hurdle

Researchers have successfully tested a new vaccine in primates to battle cocaine addiction. Using neuroimaging techniques, they demonstrated the vaccine prevents cocaine from reaching the brain and producing a dopamine induced high. Human trials could begin within the next year.

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·May 7, 2013·3 min read

Restless Legs Syndrome, Insomnia And Brain Chemistry: A Tangled Mystery Solved?

Using neuroimaging, researchers discovered glutamate levels are abnormally high in people with restless leg syndrome. The higher the level of glutamate in patients with RLS, the less sleep they were able to get.

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·May 7, 2013·3 min read

Nerve Stimulation for Severe Depression Changes Brain Function

Preliminary brain scan studies reveal how vagus nerve stimulation brings about changes in brain metabolism weeks prior to patients with depression entering into recovery.

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Featured Psychology

·April 24, 2013·3 min read

Anti-Smoking Ads with Strong Arguments, Not Flashy Editing, Trigger Part of Brain That Changes Behavior

Researchers discovered a part of the brain involved in future behavioral changes, the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, had greater activation when smokers were exposed to anti-smoking messages with stronger arguments as opposed to weaker arguments.

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·April 5, 2013·4 min read

Experts Call for Research On Prevalence of Delayed Neurological Dysfunction After Head Injury

Researchers evaluate the pathological impact of single incident TBI and mild, repetitive traumatic brain injury, in order to learn which measures need to be taken to identify risk, early incidence and to reduce long term complications associated with TBI.

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·March 22, 2013·4 min read

First Neutron Scattering Experiments on Brain Tissue Reveal Weaknesses in Formaldehyde Preservation, Reducing Reliability of Post-Mortem Analysis

A new study demonstrates the power of neutrons to model cellular water diffusion in brain tissue.

The image shows the brain activation in children with a family history of schizophrenia, who are themselves at greater risk for developing schizophrenia.

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·March 22, 2013·3 min read

Alterations in Brain Activity in Children at Risk of Schizophrenia Predate Onset of Symptoms

A new study reveals neural circuitry is hyperactivated by performing certain tasks for children with a family history of schizophrenia, compare to peers without this family history. As the differences in brain function appear prior to the onset of psychiatric symptoms, researchers believe the findings could point to vulnerability markers for schizophrenia.

The brain diagram shown highlights the fusiform gyrus (Brodmann area 37), which is associated with FFA.

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·March 18, 2013·4 min read

Difficulty in Recognizing Faces in Autism Linked to Performance in a Group of Neurons

Neurons in the specific brain area responsible for processing faces are too broadly "tuned" in some patients with autism, leading to difficulties in discriminating between the facial features of different individuals, a new study suggests.

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·March 14, 2013·4 min read

Transplanted Brain Cells in Monkeys Light Up Personalized Therapy

Researchers transplanted neural cells, derived from adult skin cells, into monkeys; where they developed into several different types of brain cells. The research could eventually help provide new treatment avenues for patients with a wide range of neurological diseases.

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·March 12, 2013·3 min read

Single Concussion may Cause Lasting Brain Damage

A new study finds lasting structural damage to the brain can be caused by a single concussion.

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·March 8, 2013·3 min read

Low Incidence of Venous Insufficiency in MS

Using several imaging methods, researchers note chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency, CCSVI, occurs in low rates for patients with multiple sclerosis and non-MS volunteers.