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·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.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 7, 2017·4 min read

Women Have More Active Brains Than Men

A large scale SPECT imaging study reveals women's brains are significantly more active in more regions than males, including the prefronal cortex and limbic areas. Visual and areas associated with coordination were more active in males, researchers noted.

Neuroscience

·February 6, 2012·2 min read

Working Memory and the Brain

Visual working memory not as specialized in the brain as visual encoding, study finds. Researchers have long known that specific...

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·June 2, 2020·4 min read

Your brain needs to be ready to remember?

When hippocampal firing rates are high before exposure to a learning task, people are better able to successfully encode memory. Findings suggest the hippocampus may have a "ready to encode" mode that facilitates memory recall.

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·July 28, 2020·4 min read

Your Brain on Birth Control

Oral contraceptive use is associated with blunted stress response and brain activity differences during working memory tasks in women who started using birth control during puberty. Early adulthood exposure to oral contraceptives was linked to significant structural changes in brain areas associated with memory and emotional processing.