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·July 22, 2015·3 min read

Loopy Tunes: Brain Structure Differences Explain Why Some Tunes Stick in Our Heads

Do you get annoyed by that one tune going round and round in your head? Blame it on your cortical thickness.

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·July 27, 2015·2 min read

Memories More Accessible After a Good Night’s Sleep

According to a new study, a good night's sleep can help people recall facts they were unable to remember prior to taking a nap.

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·August 9, 2015·4 min read

How Music Can Help People with Epilepsy

According to researchers, brainwaves of people with epilepsy appear to synchronize with music. They believe music could possibly be used as an intervention for those with the disorder.

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·August 13, 2015·3 min read

Aerobic Fitness and Thinner Gray Matter Linked to Better Math Skills in Children

A new study links better math skills in children with cardiorespiratory fitness and associated gray matter thinning.

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·August 20, 2015·3 min read

More Than Just Memories: Hippocampus Involved in Conflict Resolution

A new study reports on the role the hippocampus plays in decision making and conflict resolution.

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·August 27, 2015·5 min read

Have Trouble Visualizing Images? You May Have Aphantasia

Do you have a problem visualizing images? According to researchers, you could have a newly defined condition called aphantasia.

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·October 26, 2015·4 min read

A Switch for Epilepsy

Researchers have decoded a central signal cascade associated with epileptic seizures.

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·November 19, 2015·2 min read

Down the Rabbit Hole: Delving Into Language Processing in the Brain

Using neuroimaging and Alice in Wonderland, researchers identify how the temporal lobe supports an unconscious language parsing process.

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·December 4, 2015·3 min read

Exploring Brain’s Role in Openness to Religious or Mystical Experiences

Suppression of the brain's inhibitory functions can result in more of an openness mystical and religious experiences, study reports.

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·December 29, 2015·2 min read

Spectre-acular Fail: Bond Villain Gets His Neuroanatomy Wrong

According to researchers, Bond villain Biofeld doesn't have a good grasp of neuroanatomy.

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·January 11, 2016·6 min read

Meeting of Minds: Will Computers Ever Truly Understand What We’re Saying?

A new study reports our current computer systems will never truly understand what we're saying because they are unable to take into account the context of a conversation.