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Enjoyment of pop music classics linked to combination of uncertainty and surprise

Neuroscience NewsNovember 7, 2019

Combining neuroimaging data with machine learning, researchers report musical pleasure depends on a dynamic interplay between prospective and retrospective states of expectation.... Read More...

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The 17 Different Ways Your Face Conveys Happiness

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 15, 2019

A new study reports humans have more universal ways of expressing happiness than any other emotion.... Read More...

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Dogs Understand What’s Written All Over Your Face

Neuroscience NewsJune 20, 2018

A new study reports dogs use different parts of their brains to process negative and positive emotional cues in human facial expressions.... Read More...

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Surprise Can Be an Agent of Social Change

Neuroscience NewsApril 3, 2018

Surprise, researchers say, not only has effects on the beliefs of an individual, but also collective effects on the content of culture. As a result, surprise can lead people to change attitudes, shift preconceptions and inspire social change.... Read More...

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Element of Surprise Help Babies Learn Best

Neuroscience NewsApril 2, 2015

According to a new study, babies learn best when their expectations are defied.... Read More...

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Newborn baby hiccups could be key to brain development

High-fat maternal diet can cause life-long changes in the fetal brain

Adolescent drinking increases anxiety and alcohol abuse risk later in life

Neuroscience

Newborn baby hiccups could be key to brain development

High-fat maternal diet can cause life-long changes in the fetal brain

Adolescent drinking increases anxiety and alcohol abuse risk later in life

Neurology

Research reveals no link between statins and memory loss

New cell therapy improves memory and stops seizures following TBI

Fecal transplantation to treat patients with Parkinson’s disease: Hope or hype?

AI

How artificial intelligence can transform psychiatry

Enjoyment of pop music classics linked to combination of uncertainty and surprise

Learning is optimized when we fail 15% of the time

Robotics

Deep3DFly: the deep-learning way to design fly-like robots

Electronic glove offers ‘humanlike’ features for prosthetic hand users

Robotic thread is designed to slip through the brain’s blood vessels

Psychology

Adolescent drinking increases anxiety and alcohol abuse risk later in life

Side effects mild and brief with single antidepressant dose of intravenous ketamine

At what point does click-bait susceptibility become a mental health disorder?

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Enjoyment of pop music classics linked to combination of uncertainty and surprise

The 17 Different Ways Your Face Conveys Happiness

Dogs Understand What’s Written All Over Your Face

Element of Surprise Help Babies Learn Best