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Justified and unjustified movie violence evokes different brain responses

Neuroscience NewsDecember 31, 2019

Scenes of justified and unjustified violence in movies activate different areas of the adolescent brain. Unjustified violence activates the lateral orbital frontal cortex, while scenes where violence appears justified, activates the ventromedial prefrontal cortex.... Read More...

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Booze on the brain

Neuroscience NewsDecember 18, 2019

Dysfunction in a brain pathway that usually keeps compulsive drinking in check may play a critical role in alcohol use disorder. ... Read More...

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How people with psychopathic traits control their ‘dark impulses’

Neuroscience NewsSeptember 19, 2019

Neuroimaging reveals 'successful' psychopaths (those who can control their antisocial tendencies) have greater levels of gray matter density between the left and right ventromedial prefrontal cortex. This area of the brain is implicated in self-regulatory processes, including reactive emotions. ... Read More...

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Study Advances Understanding of How Brains Remember Decisions

Neuroscience NewsJuly 23, 2019

The medial prefrontal cortex persistently encodes value based decision variables.... Read More...

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Brain network evaluates robot likeability

Neuroscience NewsJuly 1, 2019

Neuroimaging reveals brain area activity in the amygdala and prefrontal cortex helps people determine the likability of robots and suitability for social partnership.... Read More...

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Early-and-regular cannabis use by youth is associated with alteration in brain circuits that support cognitive control

Neuroscience NewsJune 20, 2019

Compared to peers who do not use cannabis, teens and young adults with significant marijuana use history have reduced activation in brain areas that support cognitive control and conflict resolution.... Read More...

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Information addiction: How information is like snacks, money, and drugs to your brain

Neuroscience NewsJune 19, 2019

Obtaining new information may be addictive. Study finds information acquisition shares the same dopamine producing reward system pathway as food, financial rewards and drugs. ... Read More...

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Scientists succeed in testing potential brain-based method to diagnose autism

Neuroscience NewsMay 20, 2019

Neuroimaging reveals a significantly diminished response in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex in children on the autism spectrum. The findings could be used as a biomarker for diagnosing ASD.... Read More...

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‘Imagine…’ Our attitudes can change solely by the power of imagination

Neuroscience NewsMay 17, 2019

Our attitudes can be influenced by both our imagination and experiences. The ventromedial prefrontal cortex plays a key role by binding together information based on existing knowledge and constructing imaginary events to help shape our attitudes of a situation.... Read More...

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VA-led study of combat personnel with brain injuries pinpoints abnormal brain waves

Neuroscience NewsMay 10, 2019

Neuroimaging study reveals veterans who suffered a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) have higher levels of fast, high-frequency gamma waves in the prefrontal and posterior parietal lobes, areas of the brain associated with consciousness, attention and problem-solving.... Read More...

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Brain Imaging Predicts Response to Public Health Campaign

Neuroscience NewsJanuary 7, 2019

A new neuroimaging study helps researchers predict the response people will have to public health campaigns. The study may help epidemiologists design campaigns to help change people's attitudes and behaviors.... Read More...

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Your Brain on Imagination: It’s a Lot Like Reality

Neuroscience NewsDecember 10, 2018

A new neuroimaging study reveals imagination may help people with fear or anxiety disorders overcome them. The study reports imagining a threat can alter the way it is represented in the brain.... Read More...

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Wastewater test could provide early warning of COVID-19

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Air pollution linked to dementia and cardiovascular disease

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Experimental AI tool predicts which COVID-19 patients develop respiratory disease

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Artificial Intelligence for Very Young Brains

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New Study Uses Robots to Uncover the Connections Between the Human Mind and Walking Control

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Psychiatric disorders after first birth reduce likelihood of subsequent children

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Justified and unjustified movie violence evokes different brain responses

Booze on the brain

How people with psychopathic traits control their ‘dark impulses’

Study Advances Understanding of How Brains Remember Decisions

Early-and-regular cannabis use by youth is associated with alteration in brain circuits that support cognitive control

Information addiction: How information is like snacks, money, and drugs to your brain

Scientists succeed in testing potential brain-based method to diagnose autism

‘Imagine…’ Our attitudes can change solely by the power of imagination

VA-led study of combat personnel with brain injuries pinpoints abnormal brain waves

Brain Imaging Predicts Response to Public Health Campaign

Your Brain on Imagination: It’s a Lot Like Reality