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          ·April 20, 2022·5 min read

          Explore or Exploit: How Our Brains Make Choices

          Study explores brain activity in primates and humans when presented with a choice between one option that maximizes information and another which prioritizes reward during decision making.
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          ·October 28, 2021·5 min read

          The Goal in Mind: Brain’s Internal Goal Map Helps Animals Precisely Navigate to Chosen Destination

          Study reveals a specific neural code for spatial goals, providing evidence for the brain's goal map that guides us to a remote location over space and time.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·August 30, 2021·5 min read

          How a Racing Heart May Alter Decision-Making Brain Circuits

          Heightened states of arousal altered neural circuits in a brain area associated with decision making, resulting in some neurons changing from decision making to internal state monitors.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·August 29, 2021·4 min read

          The Neuroscience of Why Hugs Feel So Good

          Whether you hug to show affection to comfort a loved one in pain, researchers explore the neuroscience of why a cuddle feels so good.
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          This shows three brain scans, one from an Alzheimer's patient, one from a person with TBI, and one of a healthy aging brain
          FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience
          ·April 26, 2021·5 min read

          Brain Changes Following TBI Share Similarities With Alzheimer’s Disease

          Combining brain scan images with machine learning, researchers identified a number of brain changes following TBI that share similarities with Alzheimer's disease. The findings add to the growing body of evidence that the two conditions follow the same trajectories.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·November 27, 2020·6 min read

          Regions of the Brain Where Serotonin Promotes Patience Revealed

          A new study reveals specific brain regions that individually promote patience through the action of serotonin.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·November 2, 2020·5 min read

          New Insight Into How Brain Neurons Influence Choices

          Neurons in the orbitofrontal cortex play a critical role in encoding subjective values. Activation of these neurons leads directly to the choice of one option over another.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·September 16, 2020·4 min read

          Reprogramming Brain Cells Enables Flexible Decision-Making

          Study identifies neurons in command of guiding adaptive behaviors.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·July 20, 2020·4 min read

          Highly Reproducible Sex Differences in Aspects of Human Brain Anatomy

          Analysis of over 2,000 brain scans revealed evidence of highly reproducible sex differences in the volume of different regions of the brain. On average, females had greater cortical volume in the medial and lateral prefrontal cortex, orbitofrontal cortex, superior temporal cortex, and lateral parietal cortex. Males had increased volume in the ventral temporal and occipital brain regions. Gene expression data suggest the potential role of sex chromosomes that contribute to the differences.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·July 13, 2020·3 min read

          Rats’ Brain Activity Reveals Their Alcohol Preference

          Study reveals the role the orbitofrontal cortex plays in individual differences to alcohol preference. The findings shed new light on how some are more prone to alcohol use disorder than others.
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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·July 6, 2020·3 min read

          Dopamine Neurons Mull Over Your Options

          Dopamine neurons in the brain regulate internal processes of economic decision making, evaluating available options, and identifying the most preferable outcome.
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          FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·April 21, 2020·3 min read

          How a genetic change increases the risk of schizophrenia

          Chromosome 16p11.2 duplication impacts several different inhibitory neuron types that use GABA in brain areas that are dysfunctional in schizophrenia, including the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and amygdala. The chromosome 16p11.2 duplication also resulted in cognitive and social deficits that are symptomatic of schizophrenia.
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