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·May 28, 2014·3 min read

Journey of Discovery Starts Toward Understanding and Treating Networks of the Brain

DARPA's SUBNETS program includes two complementary research pathways that emphasize neural plasticity and single-neuron recording.

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·April 19, 2014·4 min read

Study Finds Brain Training Overcomes Tics in Tourette Syndrome

Researchers report children with Tourette syndrome may unconsciously train their brains more effectively to manage their tics.

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·April 10, 2014·2 min read

Researchers Search for Earliest Roots of Psychiatric Disorders

A new study reports newborns, whose mothers were exposed to a variety of environmental stressors while pregnant, could be susceptible to psychiatric disorders later in life.

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·April 2, 2014·2 min read

Positive and Negative Thinkers’ Brains Revealed

The ability to stay positive in tough times may be hardwired into the brain, a new neuropsychology study reports.

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·March 27, 2014·4 min read

Chronic Stress in Early Life Causes Anxiety and Aggression in Adulthood, Researchers Find

Researchers report results of experiments designed to assess the impacts of social stress upon adolescent mice, both at the time they are experienced and during adulthood.

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·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.

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·March 20, 2014·8 min read

What Singing Fruit Flies Can Tell Us About Quick Decisions

Male fruit flies adapt the tempo and pitch of their mating song based upon the movement and behavior of their desired mate, a new study reports.

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·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.

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·March 8, 2014·5 min read

Ever So Slight Delay Improves Decision Making Accuracy

Researchers discover decision making accuracy can be improved by postponing the onset of a decision by a fraction of a second.

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·February 26, 2014·3 min read

In One Ear and Out the Other

Researchers report when it comes to memory, we don't remember things we hear as well as things we see.

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·February 26, 2014·5 min read

Study Ties Father’s Age at Childbearing to Higher Rates of Psychiatric, Academic Problems in Kids

A new study reports a father's advancing age at childbearing can lead to higher rates of psychological and academic problems for the offspring.

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·February 26, 2014·3 min read

Maze Puts Images on Floor Where Rats Look

Projecting images onto the floor of a maze, rodents can learn behaviors faster.

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