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What is neuroscience? Neuroscience is the scientific study of nervous systems. Neuroscience often involves research from numerous science genres including brain science, psychology, neurology, computer science, artificial intelligence, big data, statistics, engineering, medicine, physics, mathematics, linguistics, electrophysiology, biology, anatomy and neurobiology.

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·November 26, 2024·4 min read

Concussion Impacts Brain Activity and Cognition in High Schoolers

Concussions affect aperiodic brain activity, a key signal often dismissed as "background noise," which plays a role in brain excitability and cognitive function. High school football players who experienced concussions showed slowed aperiodic activity, correlating with worse memory, concentration, and post-concussion test scores.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·November 26, 2024·4 min read

DNA to AI: How Evolution Shapes Smarter Algorithms

A new AI algorithm inspired by the genome’s ability to compress vast information offers insights into brain function and potential tech applications. Researchers found that this algorithm performs tasks like image recognition and video games almost as effectively as fully trained AI networks.

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·November 26, 2024·3 min read

Great Apes’ Gaze Reveals Human-Like Event Perception

Great apes track events involving agents and patients, like humans, suggesting shared cognitive mechanisms. When watching video clips, apes alternated their gaze between agents (e.g., a cat) and patients (e.g., a mouse), similar to adult humans, though apes paid more attention to background details.

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·November 26, 2024·6 min read

When Do Kids Start Creating Original Sentences? AI Pinpoints the Age

Children begin creating novel determiner-noun combinations, like "a dog" or "the house," at around 30 months, reveals a new study combining behavioral observations and computational modeling. By analyzing utterances from 64 English-speaking children and training a predictive model on caregiver speech data, researchers confirmed this milestone as a key point in language development. The study shows that children go beyond mimicking input by applying linguistic rules, a crucial step in learning grammar.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·November 26, 2024·4 min read

How Memories Shape Decisions and Future Well-Being

A new framework integrates psychology and economics to show how memorable experiences influence long-term decision-making. Their model separates the immediate utility of consumption from the lasting "remembered utility" derived from impactful events, such as weddings or career achievements.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·November 26, 2024·3 min read

Alzheimer’s Drug Shrinks Brain Volume by Removing Amyloid Plaques

Brain volume loss linked to new Alzheimer’s immunotherapies, such as lecanemab, is caused by the removal of amyloid plaques rather than neuronal damage. Researchers analyzed data from multiple trials and coined the term "amyloid-removal-related pseudo-atrophy" (ARPA) to describe this phenomenon.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·November 26, 2024·6 min read

Fitness Trackers Detect Mood Episodes in Bipolar Disorder with High Accuracy

Data from fitness trackers can detect mood episodes in individuals with bipolar disorder with up to 89.1% accuracy for mania and 80.1% for depression. Researchers used passively collected, noninvasive data and machine learning algorithms to identify mood changes, demonstrating the potential for real-time monitoring.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·November 26, 2024·5 min read

Feeling Beautiful Spurs Kindness and Generosity

A new study shows that enhancing one’s appearance, even virtually, increases prosocial behavior such as kindness and charitable giving. Participants who saw enhanced images of themselves were twice as likely to donate to charity compared to controls, suggesting that feeling attractive boosts social consciousness.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·November 26, 2024·4 min read

Brain Biomarker Could Predict Psychosis Before Symptoms Emerge

Researchers have identified a brain biomarker that may predict psychosis onset before symptoms appear, enabling earlier interventions and personalized care. MRI scans revealed abnormal connectivity patterns in sensory brain networks, with weaker connections between sensory regions and stronger connections to the thalamus.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·November 26, 2024·4 min read

Understanding Why We Undervalue Future Life Experiences

Summary: New research reveals that people often underestimate how meaningful future experiences will be, leading them to avoid potentially fulfilling...

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Featured Neuroscience

·November 25, 2024·6 min read

Brain’s Locus Coeruleus Revealed as Key to Sleep Transitions

A new study uncovers the role of the brain's locus coeruleus (LC) in regulating sleep cycles, managing transitions between NREM and REM sleep. This brainstem region alternates between activity peaks and troughs during sleep, acting like a clock to control sleep-state shifts.

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·November 25, 2024·6 min read

How Expectations Shape Our Gaze in a Changing World

Our expectations about potential changes in a scene influence how we move our eyes, even when viewing static images. Participants looked more at areas with a high "potential for change" (PfC)—such as objects likely to move—when they expected the scene to become dynamic, despite no motion occurring during the observation period.

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