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·March 13, 2022·10 min read

Memory May Alter How We Perceive the Visual and Auditory Information We Encounter

New research focuses on how memory can impact the perception of auditory and visual information.

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·January 31, 2022·5 min read

Perception Study May Explain Promising Depression Therapy

Study demonstrates the importance of a specific type of connection between neurons and may also explain how ketamine shows promise in treating depression.

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·October 15, 2020·5 min read

How the Nervous System Mutes or Boosts Sensory Information to Make Behavioral Decisions

Researchers have identified a novel neural network in fruit flies that converts external stimuli of varying intensity into decisions about whether to act.

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·March 9, 2020·2 min read

Sensory information underpins abstract knowledge

Neuroimaging reveals our brains combine information from different categories of sensory information to drive abstract knowledge.

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·January 1, 2019·4 min read

Why Two People See the Same Thing But Have Different Memories

Researchers investigate why two people who experience the same event often have different memories of what occurred.

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·February 10, 2018·5 min read

The Mind of a Medalist: How the Brain Can Lead to Olympic Gold

JHU researchers investigated the mindsets of Olympians. The brain activity of medal contenders reveals who will choke under pressure, and who will keep their cool.

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·November 3, 2017·7 min read

Electron Microscopy Uncovers Unexpected Connections in Fruit Fly Brain

Microscopy technology allows researchers to discover new connections in brain areas associated with memory and learning in fruit flies.

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·August 1, 2017·5 min read

Magic Helps Unlock How the Brain Works

Researchers have developed a new version of the classic Mirror Box Illusion to help better understand how the brain processes multiple sensory inputs to perceive our bodies and environment.

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·December 19, 2016·4 min read

With Eyes or Nose? How Young Children Use Sensory Cues to Make Social Decisions

Smell influences how children evaluate strange faces, a new study reports.

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·June 24, 2016·5 min read

Small Brain – Astounding Performance

A new study reports the elephantnose fish utilizes both its eyes and electrolocation to explore objects in its environment.

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·June 16, 2016·6 min read

Impaired Decision Making May Contribute to Motor Symptoms in Parkinson’s

Researchers report some with Parkinson's disease could have a form of impaired decision making that may contribute to the movement problems associated with the disease.