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·November 10, 2021·4 min read

How Do We Learn to Learn?

Cognitive control training that focuses on important factors while ignoring distractions enhances information processing and enables the ability to "learn to learn".

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·November 3, 2021·5 min read

Bilingualism Comes Naturally to Our Brains

Language switching comes naturally for bilingual people as their brains have a mechanism that does not detect a switch in language, allowing for a seamless transition in comprehending more than one language at once.

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·October 9, 2021·4 min read

Adults Who Stutter Don’t Stutter When They’re Alone

When alone, people who stutter tend not to be more fluent when talking. Researchers say the perception of being heard plays a key role in stuttering.

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·September 15, 2021·5 min read

Study Pinpoints the Uncertainty of Our Working Memory

Brain areas associated with working memory also gauge the quality and uncertainty of memories. Researchers reveal details about the neural mechanisms of working memory that allow us to make decisions based on our certainty of memories.

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·September 1, 2021·4 min read

People Look Alike if We Think They Have Similar Personalities

Knowledge of an individual's personality can influence the perception of a face's identity and bias it toward unrelated people or identities, researchers report.

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·August 26, 2021·2 min read

What’s the Cost of Self-Control? New Study Tabulates the Bill

Study reveals the measures we take to prevent having to exert self-control in daily life.

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·August 11, 2021·5 min read

“Experienced” Mouse Mothers Tutor Other Females to Parent, Helped by Hormone Oxytocin

Mouse mothers gathering their pups train female mice without pups to perform the same behavior. In virgin mice, observing the mother mouse take care of her pups stimulates oxytocin production, biologically shaping them for maternal behavior.

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·August 8, 2021·4 min read

‘Triple Contagion’: How Fears Influence Coronavirus Transmission

A new mathematical model incorporates fear, both of infection and vaccination, to better understand how pandemics occur in multiple waves of infection, as we are witnessing with COVID-19.

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·August 7, 2021·3 min read

Switching System Used in Information Processing and Memory Revealed

A new system within the brain uses for information processing and memory storage has been discovered. The findings provide novel insight into how the brain functions.

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·July 8, 2021·4 min read

Tooth Loss Associated With Increased Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

A new study strengthens previous research linking dental health to dementia and cognitive decline. Researchers found tooth loss is a risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia, and with each tooth lost, the risk for cognitive impairment increases.

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·June 29, 2021·3 min read

A New Kind of Visual Illusion Uncovers How Our Brains Connect the Dots

A newly designed optical illusion is helping researchers better understand visual processing and perception. The illusion creates a subjective reality in what we see, highlighting the constructive nature of perception.

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·April 12, 2021·5 min read

Imbalance in Gum Bacteria Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarker

An increase in bad gum bacteria and a decrease in good bacteria is associated with amyloid-beta in cerebral spinal fluid samples of older adults. The findings add to the growing body of evidence linking periodontal disease to the development of Alzheimer's.

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How Do We Learn to Learn?

Bilingualism Comes Naturally to Our Brains

Adults Who Stutter Don’t Stutter When They’re Alone

Study Pinpoints the Uncertainty of Our Working Memory

People Look Alike if We Think They Have Similar Personalities

What’s the Cost of Self-Control? New Study Tabulates the Bill

“Experienced” Mouse Mothers Tutor Other Females to Parent, Helped by Hormone Oxytocin

‘Triple Contagion’: How Fears Influence Coronavirus Transmission

Switching System Used in Information Processing and Memory Revealed

Tooth Loss Associated With Increased Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

A New Kind of Visual Illusion Uncovers How Our Brains Connect the Dots

Imbalance in Gum Bacteria Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarker

Study Maps the 9 Distinct Types of Procrastinators

AI Chip Mimicking Brain’s Reflex Center Developed

Study Overturns Decades of External Axon Growth Theory

Study Shatters Assumptions About Brain Connectome Dynamics

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