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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·August 17, 2012·4 min read

Why Are Elderly Duped?

Researchers report they’ve pinpointed the precise location in the human brain, called the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, that controls belief and doubt, and which explains why some of us are more gullible than others.

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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·September 24, 2013·3 min read

A Neurological Basis for the Lack of Empathy in Psychopaths

Atypical activation and negative functional connectivity between the insula and ventromedial prefrontal cortex could explain why psychopaths lack empathy.

This image shows the outline of a person surrounded by fast food icons. In the head space is the outline of a brain in purple.

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·October 20, 2014·2 min read

Why Your Brain Makes You Reach for Junk Food

Researchers explore the relationship between food buying habits and our neurobiology.

The VPC is outlined in yellow in this brain image.

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·March 5, 2015·2 min read

Brain Structure Varies Depending on How Trusting People Are of Others

A new neuroimaging study shows differences in brain structure according to how trusting people are of others.

Image shows the brain scan differences between the autistic and non autistic brains.

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·March 20, 2015·4 min read

Autistic and Non-Autistic Brain Differences Isolated for First Time

Neuroimaging study isolates functional differences between autistic and non-autistic brains, researchers report.

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Featured Genetics Psychology

·June 16, 2015·2 min read

Genetic Variation Associated With Emotionally Enhanced Vividness Identified

Researchers discover people with the ADRA2b deletion variant have more vivid perceptions of emotional events.

Image shows a sagittal MRI slice with highlighting (red) indicating the nucleus accumbens.

Featured Neuroscience

·September 23, 2015·4 min read

Central Gatekeeping System Implicated in Tinnitus and Chronic Pain Identified

Researchers identify a central gatekeeping system they believe is implicated in both chronic pain and tinnitus.

Brain scans with the vmPFC and VS highlighted.

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·November 20, 2015·4 min read

Reward Circuits Weakened by Inflammation in Depression

Researchers find high level of inflammation markers in the blood of people with depression. The research indicates persistent inflammation affects brain areas associated with the more stubborn symptoms of depression.

Image shows location of right superior temporal gyrus in the human brain.

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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.