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Reading Risk Behavior in the Brain

Neuroscience NewsJune 20, 2018

EEG technology allows researchers to predict risk taking behaviors in people. Researchers say higher frontal midline theta power is linked to higher cognitive control, allowing people to weigh up options more intensively during the decision making process.... Read More...

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Alcohol Dampens Brain Waves Associated with Decision Making, But Not Motor Control

Neuroscience NewsMarch 15, 2018

Researchers report drinking alcohol can impair brain waves associated with decision making, but not necessarily motor control.... Read More...

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How the Brain Might Compensate Stress During Learning

Neuroscience NewsMarch 8, 2018

A new study reveals how the brain manages to perform learned categorization while under stress.... Read More...

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Miles Davis is Not Mozart: Brains of Jazz and Classical Pianists Work Differently

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 16, 2018

Different processes occur in the brains of jazz and classical pianists while playing the same piece of music, researchers report.... Read More...

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Hippocampus Can Organize Memories for Events as Well as Places

Neuroscience NewsJune 8, 2017

A new study reports the hippocampus puts events into sequence by changing the neural code in the rat brain.... Read More...

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New Insights Into How the Brain Processes Scents

Neuroscience NewsJune 6, 2017

Theta oscillations may play an important role in olfactory processing, a new study reports.... Read More...

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Surprise Communication Found Between Brain Regions Involved in Infant Motor Control

Neuroscience NewsMay 4, 2017

Researchers have identified how two distinct areas of the developing brain communicate and report REM sleep is key to this communication.... Read More...

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Improving Memory With Magnets

Neuroscience NewsMarch 27, 2017

A new study reveals people showed improvements in auditory memory when transcranial magnetic stimulation was applied.... Read More...

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To Remember Events in Order, We Rely on the Brain’s ‘Symphony’

Neuroscience NewsAugust 29, 2016

A new study offers insights into how we recall information and point to factors that may disrupt certain types of memories.... Read More...

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Paving the Way to Treat Brain Rhythm Disorders

Neuroscience NewsJuly 27, 2015

Findings could help lead to new treatments for brain disorders marked by chaotic neural oscillations.... Read More...

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How Brain Waves Guide Memory Formation

Neuroscience NewsFebruary 24, 2015

The hippocampus and prefrontal cortex use two different brain wave frequencies to communicate when the brain learns to associate unrelated objects, a new study reports.... Read More...

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EEG Study Findings Reveal How Fear is Processed in the Brain

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 15, 2014

A new EEG study illustrates how fear arises in the brain when people are exposed to threatening images. ... Read More...

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Reading Risk Behavior in the Brain

Alcohol Dampens Brain Waves Associated with Decision Making, But Not Motor Control

How the Brain Might Compensate Stress During Learning

Miles Davis is Not Mozart: Brains of Jazz and Classical Pianists Work Differently

Hippocampus Can Organize Memories for Events as Well as Places

New Insights Into How the Brain Processes Scents

Surprise Communication Found Between Brain Regions Involved in Infant Motor Control

Improving Memory With Magnets

To Remember Events in Order, We Rely on the Brain’s ‘Symphony’

Paving the Way to Treat Brain Rhythm Disorders

How Brain Waves Guide Memory Formation

EEG Study Findings Reveal How Fear is Processed in the Brain