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·February 14, 2020·5 min read

Our memory prefers essence over form

Similarities in structure and essence guide our memories rather than surface similarities or themes.

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Featured Neuroscience

·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.

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·November 25, 2019·5 min read

How our dreams prepare us to face our fears

Study identified the neural correlates of fear during dreaming and reports similar areas are activated when experiencing fear during wakeful states.

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·September 20, 2019·4 min read

Why is the brain disturbed by harsh sounds?

Harsh noises, such as alarm bells and sirens, hold the brain's attention by stimulating its aversion networks.

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·September 6, 2019·5 min read

How our brain filters sounds

The brain adjusts the attention it gives to identical sounds the moment they are perceived in the brainstem.

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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.

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·June 26, 2019·4 min read

Is multiple sclerosis linked to childhood viral infections?

Exposure to viral infections in the brain during childhood has been linked to an increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis later in life.

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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.

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Featured Neuroscience

·May 28, 2019·4 min read

Music helps to build the brains of very premature babies

Music specially composed for preterm babies helps strengthen the development of neural networks and may help to limit neurodevelopmental delays often experienced by those born prematurely.

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·April 16, 2019·5 min read

When it comes to learning, what’s better: The carrot or the stick?

People are more confident in decisions, and execute choices more quickly, if they are chasing a reward. However, we become more flexible in our decisions when trying to avoid a negative outcome.

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·March 20, 2019·4 min read

How our body ‘listens’ to vibrations

Neurons in the somatosensory cortex encode vibration frequency in a similar manner to the way in which sound pitch is encoded in the auditory cortex.

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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.

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University of Geneva

Our memory prefers essence over form

A new method for boosting the learning of mathematics

How our dreams prepare us to face our fears

Why is the brain disturbed by harsh sounds?

How our brain filters sounds

Expert mathematicians stumped by simple subtractions

Is multiple sclerosis linked to childhood viral infections?

Adolescence is the game-changer for schizophrenia

Music helps to build the brains of very premature babies

When it comes to learning, what’s better: The carrot or the stick?

How our body ‘listens’ to vibrations

A Gentle Method For Unlocking the Mysteries of the Deep Brain

Extreme Heat Makes People More Negative

Could a Common Virus Help Drive Parkinson’s?

AI Tool Flags Predatory Journals, Building a Firewall for Science

Genetics Reveal How Human Contact Shapes Language Evolution

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