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Video Game May Improve Empathy in Middle Schoolers

Neuroscience NewsAugust 8, 2018

Researchers report a new video game aimed at middle school children can help boost empathy and prosocial behavior. The study reports children exposed to the game showed greater connectivity between brain networks linked to emotional regulation and perspective taking.... Read More...

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Curcumin Improves Memory and Mood

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 23, 2018

Curcumin, a substance found in turmeric, improves both mood and memory in people with mild, age related memory loss, researchers report.... Read More...

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Brain Map Shows How Schizophrenia Symptoms are Linked to Distinct Neural Circuits

Neuroscience NewsNovember 24, 2015

A neuroimaging study links the different symptoms of schizophrenia to neurological disruption in multiple brain areas.... Read More...

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Brain Mechanism for Creating Durable Memories

Neuroscience NewsOctober 28, 2015

Researchers report the posterior cingulate plays a critical role in creating permanent, durable memories.... Read More...

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Out of Body Illusion Perceptually Teleports People to Different Locations

Neuroscience NewsApril 30, 2015

Researcher map brain activity associated with out of body illusions.... Read More...

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Brain Network Decay Detected in Early Alzheimer’s

Neuroscience NewsAugust 19, 2013

Disruptions in brain networks emerge around the same time as chemical markers for Alzheimer's disease appear in spinal fluid, new research suggests.... Read More...

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Difficulties with Audiovisual Processing Contributes to Childhood Dyslexia

Schizophrenia Linked to Genetic Structural Abnormalities in Adolescent Brain

Curcumin Improves Memory and Mood

Brain Map Shows How Schizophrenia Symptoms are Linked to Distinct Neural Circuits

Brain Mechanism for Creating Durable Memories

Out of Body Illusion Perceptually Teleports People to Different Locations

Brain Network Decay Detected in Early Alzheimer’s