FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 22, 2017·3 min readNeuroimaging Study Reveals Brain Difference in People With ADHDResearchers report MRI neuroimaging may help to identify people with ADHD and help to distinguish between different subtypes of the disorder.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 20, 2017·3 min readMRI Uncovers Brain Abnormalities in People With Anxiety and DepressionResearchers discover common and specific changes to the brain's gray matter in patients with major depressive disorder and social anxiety disorder.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 17, 2017·5 min readBrain Activity Buffers Against Worsening AnxietyIt may be possible to buffer against developing depression and anxiety by boosting brain activity in areas associated with problem solving, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 15, 2017·5 min readImproving Clinical Trials With Machine LearningAdvances in machine learning could allow researchers to detect drug effects that may be missed through conventional statistical analysis, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 15, 2017·3 min readChimp Study Reveals How Brain’s Structure Shaped Our EvolutionA new neuroimaging study reveals patterns of asymmetry in the human brain may be unique to our species and could help explain how we developed language skills.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 14, 2017·4 min readCognitive Training Enhances Innovative Thinking and Brain Networks in Older AdultsFor healthy adults over 55, cognitive training can improve innovative thinking, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 14, 2017·6 min readMusic Training Changes Children’s Brain Structure and Boosts Decision Making NetworkIn as little as two years of learning, music can change the structure of the brain's white matter and boost networks implicated in decision making in children, USC researchers report.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 14, 2017·5 min readLeft-Brained: Conservative Democrats Don’t Compute For Liberal VotersA new study reveals progressive democrats are more likely to scrutinize inconsistencies in evaluate them as negative when candidates stray from the party line.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyPain·November 13, 2017·5 min readWhy Head and Face Pain Cause More SufferingDuke researchers have discovered head and facial sensory neurons are directly wired into one of the brain's main emotional signaling hubs. Sensory neurons throughout the rest of the body are indirectly connected to the system. The findings help explain why head and face pains are more emotionally draining than other pains.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 11, 2017·4 min readHow the Brain Encodes SoundsResearchers report the auditory cortex may encode noises differently that was previously thought.Read More
FeaturedMost PopularPsychology·November 7, 2017·4 min readBrain Imaging Reveals ADHD as a Collection of Different DisordersA new study sheds light on ADHD, reporting teens with the disorder fit into one of three specific subgroups with distinct brain impairments and no common abnormalities between them.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·November 4, 2017·4 min readBrain Activity is Inherited: Findings May Inform Treatment For ADHD and AutismMachine learning study reveals that, much like genetics, brain connectivity patterns are passed down from parents to children.Read More
