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·May 16, 2022·5 min read

Binge Drinking Has a Powerful Impact on the Adolescent Brain

Adolescent binge drinking has vast functional implications on the developing brain, researchers report. Binge drinking decreases function in areas responsible for sensory, motor, memory, and cognitive processes.

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·May 7, 2022·5 min read

Newly Discovered Neural Network Gets Visual and Motor Circuits in Sync

Researchers have identified a neural network that connects the legs to the visual system in order to shape walking.

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·April 30, 2022·3 min read

Blind People Remember Language Better Than Sighted People Do

A new study reveals blind people remember speech and language better than sighted people. Researchers say blind people use language as a mental tool to remember information.

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·April 29, 2022·5 min read

How Ritalin Sharpens Attention

Study sheds new light on the neurobiological mechanisms that occur, allowing the ADHD drug Ritalin to improve attention and report the drug could have benefits for a range of cognitive changes associated with aging.

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·April 7, 2022·5 min read

The Format of Working Memory

Researchers have identified how working memory is formatted, revealing visual memory can be flexible.

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·March 13, 2022·5 min read

Is Seeing Believing? How Neural Oscillations Influence Our Conscious Experience

The perceptual accuracy of visual information and its subjective interpretation use separate neural mechanisms that can be manipulated independently of each other.

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·March 11, 2022·4 min read

Open-Access Dataset of Macaque Brain Published

Researchers have released a new open-access data set recorded from the visual cortex of macaque monkeys during resting state.

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·March 1, 2022·4 min read

Disentangling Interactions Across Brain Areas

Feedforward and feedback signaling involves different neural activity patterns. The findings shed new light on how the brain processes visual information.

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·February 24, 2022·5 min read

New Information About the Effects of Sleep on the Human Brain

Study sheds light on how various types of pulsations in the brain change while a person sleeps.

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·February 1, 2022·4 min read

Finding Structure in the Brain’s Static

Wave patterns provide a deeper insight into sleep, consciousness, and attention.

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·January 31, 2022·4 min read

A New Type of Cellular Communication in the Brain

Researchers have identified hundreds of proteins that are consistently transported throughout the healthy brain via small membrane-enclosed sacs. The findings reveal a new form of communication between brain cells.