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·August 28, 2025·5 min read

How the Brain Weighs Risks

A new study shows that the brain uses two distinct mechanisms to drive exploration under uncertainty. Recording single-neuron activity during a learning task, researchers found that amygdala and temporal cortex neurons modulate their firing before exploration in both gain and loss situations.

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·May 9, 2024·6 min read

Microscopic Brain Tissue Map Reveals Vast Neural Networks

Researchers created the largest 3D reconstruction of human brain tissue at synaptic resolution, capturing detailed images of a cubic millimeter of human temporal cortex. This tiny piece of brain contains 57,000 cells, 230 millimeters of blood vessels, and 150 million synapses, which amounts to 1,400 terabytes of data.

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·October 4, 2021·5 min read

The First Neuroscience Evidence of Team Flow as a Unique Brain State

Researchers have identified the neural correlates of team flow, a state where members of a team get into "the zone" to accomplish a task. The finding could be used as a tool to predict and enhance team performance.

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·September 2, 2021·3 min read

A Connection Between Brain’s Opioid System and Eating Behavior

The function of the opioid system is connected to eating triggered by external stimuli. The findings could lead to the development of new therapies that target the opioid system to reduce obesity.

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·March 23, 2021·5 min read

More Than Words: Using AI to Map How the Brain Understands Sentences

Combining neuroimaging data with artificial intelligence technology, researchers have identified a complex network within the brain that comprehends the meaning of spoken sentences.

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·February 4, 2020·3 min read

Children’s mental health affected by sleep duration

Shorter sleep duration can increase the risk of children developing depression, anxiety, and cognitive problems. Children who routinely suffered sleep disruptions or shorter sleep durations had reduced brain volume in the orbitofrontal cortex, prefrontal cortex, precuneus, supramarginal gyrus, and temporal cortex.

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·May 8, 2019·4 min read

Research Into Brain’s Reaction to Motion Earns Significant Attention

Neuroimaging helps researchers observe what happens in the brain as a person is rotated. The study, which gives insight into how the brain moves after the head stops moving, also provides critical information for advancing studies of TBI.

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·April 29, 2019·5 min read

Autism diagnoses prove highly stable as early as 14 months

Autism diagnosis becomes stable starting at 14 months of age, researchers report. The accurate diagnosis of ASD, four months earlier than previously believed, leads to more opportunities for early interventions.

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·April 9, 2019·6 min read

Zapping Memories: Electrostimulation Restores Working Memory of 70 Year Olds’ to That of 20 Year Olds’

Non-invasive electrostimulation restores working memory in 70-year-olds, allowing for comparable to cognitive abilities to those of 20-year-olds. The technology increases neural synchronization patterns and information flow between frontotemporal regions of the brain. This results in rapid improvements of working memory in older people, which lasted for more than 50 minutes post stimulation. The findings offer new hope to those suffering age-related memory impairments.

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·March 18, 2019·4 min read

Our brains may ripple before remembering

Coupled ripples between the medial temporal lobe and temporal cortex are enhanced prior to successful memory retrieval.

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·March 11, 2019·4 min read

Forgetting uses more brain power than remembering

Intentional forgetting may require more attention to the unwanted information, rather than less.

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·October 16, 2018·6 min read

How Dogs Process Words

A new neuroimaging study reveals how dogs process words they have been taught to associate with objects. Findings suggest dogs have a rudimentary neural representation of meaning for words they have been taught.