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·September 14, 2010·3 min read

Decreased Neural Inhibition Makes Decision Making Harder For The Anxious

New psychology research from CU-Boulder suggests that "neural inhibition" is a critical component in our ability to make choices. Psychologists have proposed people who suffer from anxiety could have decreased neuronal inhibition, which makes it more difficult to make important decisions.

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·January 21, 2011·3 min read

Practicing Memory Recall Boosts Science Learning

Psychology researchers recently found that practicing memory recall lead to improved long-term retention of science information when compared to other...

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·April 12, 2011·3 min read

Weight Loss Improves Memory

John Gunstad, an associate professor in Kent State University’s Department of Psychology, and a team of researchers have discovered a...

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·April 18, 2011·2 min read

How the Bilingual Brain Copes with Aging

As brain power decreases, older adults find new ways to compute language Older bilingual adults compensate for age-related declines in...

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·April 19, 2012·2 min read

Researcher Says Distinct God Spot in the Brain Does Not Exist

Study shows religious participation and spirituality processed in different cerebral regions. Scientists have speculated that the human brain features a...

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·May 23, 2012·3 min read

Robust White Matter Helps Keep Us Smart As We Age

Well-connected brains make you smarter in older age Brains that maintain healthy nerve connections as we age help keep us...

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·May 29, 2012·5 min read

Antioxidant N-Acetylcysteine Lowers Irritability and Reduces Repetitive Behaviors Associated With Autism

Antioxidant shows promise as treatment for certain features of autism, Stanford study finds A specific antioxidant supplement may be an...

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·September 7, 2012·4 min read

Predicting How Patients Respond to Therapy

A new study led by MIT neuroscientists has found that brain scans of patients with social anxiety disorder can help predict whether they will benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy.

This image is of Aron Barbey and his brain scans.

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·January 22, 2013·3 min read

Researchers Map Emotional Intelligence in the Brain

New research involving Vietnam veterans with combat related brain injuries offers the first detailed map of the brain regions which contribute to emotional intelligence.

The FMRI image shows regions of activation including primary visual cortex (V1, BA17), extrastriate visual cortex and lateral geniculate body.

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·February 3, 2013·3 min read

Pioneering Research Helps to Unravel the Brain’s Vision Secrets

A new study has identified the two areas of the brain responsible for our perception of orientation and shape. Research found that the two neighbouring areas, known as human visual field maps, process the different types of visual information independently.

The image shows a participant undergoing an eye tracking experiment.

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·February 18, 2013·2 min read

Eye Movements Reveal Impaired Reading in Schizophrenia

A new study which looked at eye movement in patients with Schizophrenia provides evidence of difficulties in reading fluency. The findings could help to provide early identification of the mental illness for some individuals.

The image shows the areas of the brain affected by schizophrenia.

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·June 17, 2013·2 min read

Psychiatric Disorders Linked to a Protein Involved in the Formation of Long-Term Memories

Researchers have discovered a neural pathway in which the brain controls a specific molecule, connected to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia which is also critical to the formation of long term memory.

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