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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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          ·September 24, 2015·4 min read

          How The Brain Makes Decisions

          Researchers discover a brain region located in the thalamus plays a crucial role in decision making.
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          AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·November 1, 2019·3 min read

          People with autism have a more symmetrical brain

          The left and right brain areas are more similar in those with ASD. Reduced asymmetry was identified in cortical thickness across various brain regions in those on the autism spectrum.
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          ·July 25, 2018·5 min read

          Neural Link Between Depression and Bad Sleep Identified

          Researchers have identified a neural link between depression and sleep problems. The study reports brain regions associated with short term memory, self and negative emotions are strongly connected in those with depression, and this may lead to bad sleep quality.
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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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          FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles
          ·April 9, 2020·5 min read

          Aha! + Aaaah: Creative insight triggers a neural reward signal

          Neuroimaging study sheds light on what drove the evolutionary development of human creativity.
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          FeaturedNeuroscience
          ·August 24, 2017·3 min read

          High Intensity Interval Training Releases Endorphins in the Brain

          A PET neuroimaging study reveals high intensity impact training significantly increases endorphin release in brain areas associated with controlling emotion and pain.
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          FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
          ·March 25, 2016·5 min read

          Brain’s Response to Social Exclusion Different in Young Marijuana Users

          According to a new study, activation of the insula is reduced in young marijuana users when they face social exclusion.
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          FeaturedPsychology
          ·July 24, 2015·3 min read

          Structure of Brain Explains Ability to Regulate Emotions

          According to a new study, people who have problems regulating their emotions have smaller gray matter volume in the orbitofrontal cortex.
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          FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology
          ·February 11, 2020·7 min read

          Mice ‘detectives’ hint at how humans read between the lines

          Humans and mice use inference skills to solve problems in a remarkably similar manner.
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          ·August 30, 2018·4 min read

          How the Brain and Personality Provide Protection Against Emotional Distress

          A new study reports personality traits can help protect an individual's brain against symptoms of emotional distress, such as anxiety and depression.
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          FeaturedPsychology
          ·February 2, 2017·4 min read

          Brain Circuits May Reveal Which Young People Are Likely to Commit Suicide

          Researchers find significant differences in the brains of teens with bipolar disorder that attempt to take their lives over those with the disorder who have never attempted suicide.
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