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·September 26, 2021·4 min read

Math Equation of Mood Can Predict Your Preferences Better Than You Can

A new mathematical equation predicts which individuals will have more happiness and increased brain activity for intrinsic rather than extrinsic rewards. The approach can be used to predict personal preferences based on mood and without asking the individual.

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·May 31, 2021·3 min read

Brain Activity Reveals When White Lies Are Selfish

White lies that are selfish in nature elicit increased activity in both the ventral and rostral medial prefrontal cortex.

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·March 15, 2021·5 min read

What Happens in Your Brain When You ‘Lose Yourself’ in Fiction

Using characters from "Game of Thrones", researchers investigated what happens in the brain when people immerse themselves in fiction. The study found the more people became immersed in a story, the more they "became" the fictional character while reading. This was reflected in activity changes in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with thinking about one's self.

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·February 3, 2021·5 min read

How Does Pain Experienced in Everyday Life Impact Memory?

Higher pain intensity was linked to reductions in working memory ability and increased activity in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex.

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·September 5, 2020·5 min read

New Discoveries on Decision-Making Process

Neuroimaging and computational neuroscience studies reveal different ways and brain areas implicated in decision making.

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·August 24, 2020·3 min read

People Can Make Better Choices When It Benefits Others

Synchronized activity between the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and temporoparietal junction improves learning and decision-making when people try to avoid harming others.

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·December 31, 2019·7 min read

Justified and unjustified movie violence evokes different brain responses

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.

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·December 18, 2019·4 min read

Booze on the brain

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

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·September 19, 2019·5 min read

How people with psychopathic traits control their ‘dark impulses’

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.

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·July 23, 2019·5 min read

Study Advances Understanding of How Brains Remember Decisions

The medial prefrontal cortex persistently encodes value based decision variables.

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·July 1, 2019·3 min read

Brain network evaluates robot likeability

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

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·June 20, 2019·4 min read

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

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.

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