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·October 30, 2013·2 min read

How Video Games Like Super Mario Can Benefit the Brain

Playing video games causes increases in brain regions responsible for memory formation and strategic planning, researchers have discovered. The findings could prove relevant in developing new therapeutic interventions for psychiatric illnesses.

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·October 16, 2013·3 min read

Schizophrenia Linked to Abnormal Brain Waves

Researchers have observed the neural activity which appears to produce the disordered thinking associated with schizophrenia.

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·October 8, 2013·3 min read

Primate Brain Development Follows a Predictable Pattern

Researchers find the differences in primate brains can be explained as a consequence of the same genetic program.

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·September 25, 2013·3 min read

Maths Experts are “Made, Not Born”

A new neuroimaging study supports Darwin's belief that intellectual excellence is down to practice rather than inherent ability.

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·September 23, 2013·3 min read

Brain May Rely on Computer Like Mechanism to Make Sense of Novel Situations

Our brains could process new situations by relying on a method similar to a "pointer" system used by computers, new research suggests.

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·August 1, 2013·4 min read

Stray Prenatal Gene Network Suspected in Schizophrenia

Researchers trace spontaneous genetic mutations and reverse-engineer the outlines of disrupted prenatal gene networks in schizophrenia.

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·July 9, 2013·3 min read

Study Identifies Brain Circuits Involved in Learning and Decision Making

A new study has identified neural circuits in mice which are involved in the learning and altering of behaviors. The findings could have implications for alcoholism and other addictive behaviors.

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·June 27, 2013·5 min read

Breaking Habits Before They Start

Using optogenetics to control cells in the IL cortex, researchers were able to 'block' habits from forming.

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·May 28, 2013·5 min read

Changing Gut Bacteria Through Diet Affects Brain Function

Women who regularly consumed probiotic bacteria through yogurt showed altered brain function, both while in resting start and in response to emotion recognition tasks, a new study suggests.

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·May 15, 2013·4 min read

Brain Rewires Itself After Damage or Injury

When the hippocampus, an area of the brain associated with memory and learning, is damaged, the prefrontal cortex takes over. This demonstration of neuroplasticity could give rise to new treatment options for Alzheimer's disease and other conditions associated with damage to the brain.

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·April 3, 2013·3 min read

Study Sheds Light on how to Reset the Addicted Brain

Researchers provide additional insight into deficits in the prefrontal cortex involved in drug addiction. The findings could offer new avenues of research for the treatment of addiction.