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FeaturedNeuroscience·March 8, 2021·3 min readBrain Activity Foreshadows Changes in Stock PricesIncreased activity in the nucleus accumbens forecasted an increase in stock price within the next day, whereas increased activity in the anterior insular was predictive of whether a stock price would flip or change direction.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 1, 2021·3 min readNoisy Brain Activity Contributes to Aging-Related Navigation ImpairmentsOveractive hippocampal activity may explain why some older people have trouble with spatial navigation and learning.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 22, 2021·2 min readDistorting Memories Helps the Brain RememberThe brain exaggerates differences between similar events in order to encode them in memory. This results in divergent brain activity that allows for better memory performance.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscience·January 25, 2021·3 min readMusicians Have More Connected Brains Than Non-MusiciansRegardless of innate pitch ability, musicians' brains have stronger connections than those who don't play music.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 18, 2021·3 min readThe Brain Region Responsible for Self-Bias in MemoryStudy implicates the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with information processing about the self, in self-bias memory.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 28, 2020·3 min readThe Brain Network Driving Changes in ConsciousnessA brain network consisting of the thalamus, anterior and posterior cingulate cortex, and angular gyri was implicated in the loss, and return, of consciousness under both anesthetic and natural sleep.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 21, 2020·3 min readTargeted Brain Stimulation Dulls Social PainCombining brain stimulation directed at areas of the prefrontal cortex and emotional regulation strategies helps to improve emotional response in those with psychiatric disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 14, 2020·3 min readHow Childhood Brain Function and Memory Skills Shape Each OtherEarly memory skills predict the strength of future neural connections, and the strength of early brain connections predict future memory acuity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 7, 2020·3 min readHow the Brain Distinguishes Fact From PossibilityThe human brain contains a perspective-adjusted neural representation for factual information and more elusive cortical signaling representing the computations of possibilities.Read More