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·October 26, 2018·5 min read

How the Brain Decides What to Learn

The paraventricular thalamus helps the brain identify and track the most salient details of a situation, helping to enhance learning, a new study reveals.

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·October 25, 2018·6 min read

Big Data Reveals Heavy Multitaskers Have Reduced Memory

A decade worth of data reveals people who multitask with different forms of media at once are worse at completing simple memory tasks.

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·August 29, 2018·7 min read

Ketamine’s Antidepressant Effects Tied to Opioid System in the Brain

Researchers report ketamine's antidepressive effects require activation of opioid receptors in the brain. The study highlights the interaction between depression, pain and opioid addiction.

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·August 26, 2018·5 min read

Painting a Nuanced Picture of Brain System Regulation Moods and Movements

A new study reports the serotonin system is made up of multiple parallel pathways that affect the brain in different, and sometimes opposing, ways.

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·August 8, 2018·7 min read

Specific Brain Circuits Tied to Sociability: Mouse Study

A new study implicates serotonin neurons in the nucleus accumbens with social behavior in mouse models of ASD. When serotonin release was triggered, researchers noted social behaviors normalized.

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·July 23, 2018·4 min read

Rising Temperatures Could Increase Suicide Rates

Comparing historical temperature and suicide data, a new study reveals a strong link between increased temperature and suicide risk. Researchers speculate climate change could lead to an increase in suicide rates across the US and Mexico.

Early life stress is consistently associated with behavioral problems in children, with symptoms of psychopathology, and with psychological and physical disorders.NeuroscienceNews.com image is in the public domain.

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·June 26, 2018·4 min read

Separation From Parents Removes Child’s Most Important Protection and Generates a New Trauma

Researchers discuss the psychological effects of early life stress and parental separation.

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·June 5, 2018·5 min read

Human Blood Cells Transformed into Functional Neurons

A groundbreaking study reveals human immune cells in the blood can be transformed into functional neurons within 3 weeks by adding four proteins. The discovery could be used to generate neurons to study specific psychological and neurological disorders, researchers say.

Stanford Professor Zhenan Bao is leading American and Korean researchers in the quest for an artificial nerve system. NeuroscienceNews.com image is credited to Kevin Craft.

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·June 1, 2018·5 min read

Artificial Nerve System Gives Prosthetic Devices and Robots a Sense of Touch

Researchers have created an artificial nervous system that may give prosthetics and robots reflexes and the ability to sense touch. The system is sensitive enough to identify letters in the Braille alphabet.

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·May 7, 2018·6 min read

Deep Learning Comes Full Circle

AI research has come full circle, helping neuroscientist better understand how the human brain works, researchers say.

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·April 16, 2018·8 min read

Altered Immune Cells Clear Childhood Brain Tumor: Mouse Study

A fatal brain stem tumor was cleared by injecting it with engineered T-cells that recognized cancer and targeted it for destruction in mouse models, researchers report.

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·March 22, 2018·6 min read

Brain ‘Stethoscope’ Listens For Silent Seizures

Researchers have developed what they have dubbed a 'brain stethoscope', a device capable of turning EEG brain wave data into sound. The device is able to detect epileptic seizures that do not result in convulsions.