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Featured Neuroscience

·January 9, 2017·5 min read

Neural Connection Keeps Instincts in Check

Researchers have traced the neural connections that help us to curb our impulses.

Image shows the location of the prefrontal cortex in the brain.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·January 4, 2017·4 min read

Witnessing Fear in Others Can Physically Change the Brain

A new study reports traumatic experiences can alter the brain, leaving people more vulnerable to psychological problems.

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Featured Neuroscience

·December 19, 2016·4 min read

Baby Brain: Pregnancy Brain Changes Last 2 Years After Birth

Study reports significant reduction in gray matter volume in brain regions associated with social cognition for up to two years following birth.

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Featured Psychology

·December 19, 2016·4 min read

Early Life Social Stress Has Long Term Impact on Brain Networks: Rat Study

Findings about how early life social stress affect brain connections in mice may have implications for treating human psychiatric illnesses.

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Featured Neuroscience

·December 3, 2016·4 min read

Electronically Picking Your Brain – For Market Research

Researchers look to neuroimaging and EEG technology to improve market research.

Featured Neurology

·November 30, 2016·4 min read

Thinning Brain Tissue in College Football Players

Decreased cortical thickness appears to be correlated with reported concussions, researchers report.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·November 23, 2016·2 min read

A Single Stressful Event May Cause Long-Term Effects in the Brain

A new study reports that a single stressful event may cause long term consequences in the brain.

Image shows the location of the amygdala in the brain.

Autism Featured Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 15, 2016·3 min read

Researchers Discover Clues to Altered Brain Wiring in Autism

Mutations in PTEN affect the assembly of connections between two brain areas important for the processing of social cues, researchers report.

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Featured Neuroscience

·November 15, 2016·5 min read

High Fat Diet Disrupts Brain Maturation

Consuming a high fat diet during adolescence could contribute to cognitive impairment as an adult, a new study reports.

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Featured Neuroscience

·November 2, 2016·4 min read

Mapping the Neurological Processes of Learning and Deciding

Researchers have mapped the neurological processes behind how new information can influence a person to change their mind, providing new insight into the mechanisms of learning.

Image shows a drawing of the hippocampus.

Brain Cancer Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·October 28, 2016·4 min read

Protein Associated With Growth of Breast Cancer Essential for Production of New Neurons

Researchers report AP2gamma, a protein associated with the growth of breast cancer tumors, plays a vital role in the regulation of hippocampal neurogenesis.