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·August 28, 2025·6 min read

Inside the Minds That Never Forget: Exploring Hyperthymesia

Autobiographical memory allows us to relive experiences, form identity, and project into the future. A rare few, known as hyperthymesics, can recall events from their lives with remarkable precision, linking them to specific dates and vivid sensory details.

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·June 9, 2025·6 min read

Aphantasia: Why Some Minds Are Blind to Images

Scientists have uncovered how the brains of people with aphantasia, those who cannot visualize mental images, process visual information differently. Although key visual and memory-related brain regions still activate during mental imagery tasks, they show weaker connectivity compared to individuals with typical visualization.

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·May 30, 2024·5 min read

Multimodal Approach Improves Prognosis in Consciousness Disorders

Researchers developed a multimodal approach combining PET scans, EEG, and fMRI to improve prognosis for patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC) after severe trauma or cardiac arrest. This method enhances the accuracy of predicting cognitive recovery, aiding medical decision-making.

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·May 17, 2024·4 min read

Gut Bacteria Influence Fairness Perception

A new study finds that manipulating gut bacteria through probiotic and prebiotic supplements can increase altruistic punishment behavior in humans. Participants receiving supplements were more likely to reject unfair offers in a money-sharing game, suggesting a link between gut microbiota composition and social decision-making.

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·March 26, 2024·5 min read

Unlocking the Brain’s Attention Network

Researchers have utilized depth electrodes in epilepsy patients to study exogenous attention, the involuntary shift of focus triggered by external stimuli. This unique approach, capturing neural activity across 1,400 brain regions, reveals how attention develops from visual processing to action response, involving a continuum of cortical networks.

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·December 13, 2023·6 min read

Tracking Brain’s “Wave of Death”: New Insights into Neural End-of-Life

Researchers have made significant strides in understanding the neurological process of dying. Their study reveals that during anoxia, or oxygen deprivation, the brain undergoes a series of changes, including a massive release of glutamate and a surge in gamma and beta waves, potentially linked to near-death experiences. This is followed by a 'wave of death' - a high-amplitude wave marking the transition towards total cessation of brain activity.

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·October 12, 2023·6 min read

Facial Cues Reveal How We Respond to Verbal Stimuli During Sleep

Researchers unearthed startling insights into the permeable boundary between wakefulness and sleep, demonstrating that individuals can respond to verbal stimuli by manipulating facial expressions during various sleep stages. This interaction occurs like fleeting windows of connection to the external world, even during periods of sleep traditionally considered devoid of external awareness.

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·September 8, 2023·6 min read

Unlocking Aphantasia – The Mysterious Spectrum of Mind’s Visualization

Visualization abilities range from hyperphantasia, where individuals can create vivid mental images, to aphantasia, where people experience a complete absence of visual imagery. A study assessed the link between perception and mental imagery in individuals across this spectrum.

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·September 4, 2023·4 min read

The Brain’s Hidden Locomotion Command Center

Researchers uncovered key mechanisms in the brain that control movement initiation. The mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR) in the brain, an ancient and conserved region across various vertebrates, plays a pivotal role in starting movements such as walking, flying, and swimming.

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·August 1, 2023·5 min read

The Brain’s Interplay of Consciousness and Perception

Researchers have been studying hemispatial neglect, a condition where stroke patients fail to acknowledge what happens in the left side of their visual field, despite possessing intact visual abilities. In a quest to uncover the intricate relationship between attention and conscious perception, neurologists identified five clusters of brain activity linked to the processing of attention.

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·June 28, 2023·5 min read

Cognitive Flexibility: Neural Connection Key to Adapting to Change Unearthed

A recent discovery identified a specific type of neuronal connection in the prefrontal cortex responsible for updating our understanding of the world and its rules. The connection, formed by inhibitory neurons, communicates with neurons located far away in the opposite hemisphere of the prefrontal cortex.

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·June 16, 2023·5 min read

Neurodevelopment and Dementia: Could Prolonged Human Neurogenesis Lead to Alzheimer’s?

Researchers delved into the prolonged neurogenesis process in humans, investigating the amyloid precursor protein (APP). APP's fragmentation leads to amyloid peptides associated with Alzheimer's disease.

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paris brain institute

Inside the Minds That Never Forget: Exploring Hyperthymesia

Aphantasia: Why Some Minds Are Blind to Images

Multimodal Approach Improves Prognosis in Consciousness Disorders

Gut Bacteria Influence Fairness Perception

Unlocking the Brain’s Attention Network

Tracking Brain’s “Wave of Death”: New Insights into Neural End-of-Life

Facial Cues Reveal How We Respond to Verbal Stimuli During Sleep

Unlocking Aphantasia – The Mysterious Spectrum of Mind’s Visualization

The Brain’s Hidden Locomotion Command Center

The Brain’s Interplay of Consciousness and Perception

Cognitive Flexibility: Neural Connection Key to Adapting to Change Unearthed

Neurodevelopment and Dementia: Could Prolonged Human Neurogenesis Lead to Alzheimer’s?

Memory Rewritten: Study Finds No Clear Line Between Episodic and Semantic Retrieval

Brain Stimulation Method Can Evaluate Consciousness in Alzheimer’s Disease

Early Intervention Helps Most Autistic Children Acquire Spoken Language

Brain Conductors Find Precise Connection to Target Cells via Protein Handshake

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