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·February 27, 2019·5 min read

A Gentle Method For Unlocking the Mysteries of the Deep Brain

Researchers report EEG technology has the ability to study activity of areas deep inside the brain, such as the thalamus and nucleus accumbens. The findings will help shed new light on disorders that affect these brain regions, such as Parkinson's disease and OCD. Read More

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·January 2, 2020·5 min read

A new method for boosting the learning of mathematics

Researchers have developed a new intervention program that promotes the learning of math to school-aged children. More than half the children who entered the ACE-ArithmEcole program were better able to solve complex math problems, compared to 29% who were not exposed to the new method. Read More

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·June 12, 2017·5 min read

Acting and Thinking – Are They the Same for Our Brain?

Findings raise more questions about the origins of human cognition. Read More

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·December 12, 2017·6 min read

Action Games Expand the Brain’s Cognitive Abilities

A new study reports people who play action style video games showed an increase in cognitive skills compared to those who played other types of games. Read More

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·June 17, 2019·5 min read

Adolescence is the game-changer for schizophrenia

Teens with schizophrenia symptoms and a genetic abnormality of chromosome 22 had significant brain atrophy in the hippocampus compared to those with the genetic variant and no psychiatric symptoms. Read More

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·January 31, 2018·5 min read

BA or DA? Decoding Syllables to Show the Limits of Artificial Intelligence

A new study reveals current machine learning algorithms may not be reliable in identifying brain regions associated with processing specific syllables. Researchers report machine learning may be effective at decoding mental activity from neuroimaging data, but is not quite so effective at decoding specific information processing mechanisms in the brain. Read More

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·April 11, 2018·5 min read

Babies Make the Link Between Vocal and Facial Emotion

Babies as young as six months of age are able to transfer emotional information from the auditory to visual mode, researchers report. Read More

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·December 7, 2018·4 min read

Being Yelled At: Our Brain on Alert in a Flash

Researchers report our brain is on high alert while listening to voices, finding we respond much faster to vocal aggression than normal or happy voices. The reason, researchers say, could be that our attention is more focused on threatening voices to help us recognize the location of a potential threat. Read More

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·March 24, 2020·4 min read

Brain or muscles, what do we lose first?

A decline in cognitive ability after the age of 50 results in a decline in physical activity. The inverse relationship is much weaker than previously believed. Read More

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·September 9, 2020·3 min read

Brain Stimulation Reduces Dyslexia Deficits

Non-invasive transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) applied over the auditory cortex had a pronounced beneficial effect on those with dyslexia. Read More

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·July 26, 2018·4 min read

Electricity Sparks Neural Diversity During Brain Development

Researchers report bioelectrical potential is a driving force for stem cells to generate different neuron types during embryogenesis. Read More

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·July 10, 2019·5 min read

Expert mathematicians stumped by simple subtractions

Our knowledge of the world has a critical impact on the ability to use mathematical reasoning, even for mathematicians. Findings reveal math professionals can be duped by some aspects of their knowledge about the world and fail to solve simple fifth-grade math problems. Read More

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