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·July 28, 2021·4 min read

Motivation Depends on How the Brain Processes Fatigue

People show a decrease in motivation to exert effort or work when feeling fatigued. Motivation can be restored if people are allowed a short rest, however for those with long-term fatigue, motivation does not improve following a short-term period of rest.

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·July 5, 2021·3 min read

Nanomaterials Shape and Form Influences Their Ability to Cross the Blood Brain Barrier

Silver and zinc oxide nanomaterials are able to pass through an in vitro blood-brain barrier model in the form of both particles and dissolved ions.

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Autism Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·June 2, 2021·4 min read

Autistic People Find It Harder to Identify Anger in Facial Expressions

People on the autism spectrum have difficulties in identifying angry expressions produced at normal speed and intensity.

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·May 26, 2021·4 min read

Memory Details Fade Over Time, With Only the Main Gist Preserved

While memories become less vibrant and detailed over time, the central gist of the memory is preserved.

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·May 25, 2021·2 min read

How the Brain Strengthens Memories During Sleep

The reactivation of learned material during slow oscillation/sleep spindle complexes, and the precision of SO-spindle coupling predicts how strong a memory will be reactivated in the brain.

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·April 19, 2021·4 min read

Traumatic Brain Injuries Can Increase Risk of Stroke for up to Five Years

Following a TBI, the risk of having a stroke is significantly increased for the first four months post-injury. The risk of stroke remains elevated for up to five years following a head injury.

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·April 16, 2021·4 min read

Older Adults Most Likely to Make the Effort to Help Others

Older adults are more likely to make an effort to help others, a new study reports. Researchers found, when faced with tasks that required more effort, older adults were more likely to offer help than younger people. By contrast, younger adults were more selfish and put in higher levels of effort for self-benefit.

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·April 7, 2021·6 min read

Childhood Cognitive Problems Could Lead to Mental Health Issues in Later Life

Children who experience cognitive difficulties, such as attention problems or problems with working memory, have an increased risk of developing mental health disorders as young adults.

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·March 4, 2021·4 min read

Quick to Smile? The Speed of Expression Offers Vital Visual Cues

Our ability to recognize emotion in others depends upon the speed at which we process facial expressions.

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·January 18, 2021·4 min read

Why Breastfed Babies Have Improved Immune Systems

Regulatory T cells expand in the first three weeks of life in breastfed babies, and are twice as abundant than in bottle-fed babies. Specifically, the bacterias Veillonella and Gemella are more abundant in the guts of breastfed babies. Veillonella and Gemella supportthe function of regulatory T cells.

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·January 5, 2021·4 min read

Bedside EEG Test Can Aid Prognosis in Unresponsive Brain Injury Patients

Response to speech can be measured with EEG in unresponsive patients with TBI. The strength of the response can be used to accurately make a prognosis.

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·October 15, 2020·3 min read

Automatic Decision-Making Prevents Us Harming Others

People make automatic and efficient decisions when learning to avoid others. When learning to avoid harming themselves, people make become more deliberative. The study also found people were more willing to repeat decisions that were previously harmful to themselves if they believed better results would occur in the future.

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