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Extreme Heat Linked to Lower Cognitive Performance in Students in Non Air Conditioned Buildings

Neuroscience NewsJuly 10, 2018

A new study reveals students who reside in buildings without access to air conditioners during heat waves fare worse when it comes to cognitive function, reaction times and working memory.... Read More...

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Hidden Brain States that Regulate Performance and Decision Making Uncovered

Neuroscience NewsJuly 3, 2018

Researchers explain how the brain dynamically handles cognitive tasks while engaging in its internal mental processes.... Read More...

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Experiencing a Stressful Day May Lower Cognitive Abilities Throughout the Day

Neuroscience NewsJuly 3, 2018

Waking up feeling stressed and anxious can impact your cognitive function throughout the day, researchers report. A new study reveals those who woke up feeling as though the day ahead would be stressful experienced problems with working memory later in the day. Researchers say the anticipation of stress impacts cognition, even if a stressful event does not occur.... Read More...

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How Music Lessons Can Improve Language Skills

Neuroscience NewsJune 25, 2018

A new study reports children who receive musical training have better word discrimination than other kindergarteners who had not undertaken music lessons. ... Read More...

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Better Physical Fitness and Lower Aortic Stiffness Key to Slower Brain Aging

Neuroscience NewsJune 12, 2018

A new study reports greater physical fitness and a more elastic aorta can protect cognitive function during aging.... Read More...

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Waves Move Across the Human Brain to Support Memory

Neuroscience NewsJune 7, 2018

Alpha and theta oscillations move rhythmically across the brain, reflecting neural activity propagating across the cortex to help form working memory, a new study reports.... Read More...

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New Parts of the Brain Become Active After Students Learn Physics

Neuroscience NewsMay 24, 2018

A neuroimaging study reveals brain areas not commonly associated with science learning become active when people complete physics problems.... Read More...

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Reading the Minds of Pilots

Neuroscience NewsMay 21, 2018

Study shows pilots in real flight conditions made more errors and had higher anterior prefrontal cortex activation than those who were placed in a simulator, when completing cognitively demanding tasks.... Read More...

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Loss of Brain Synchrony May Explain Working Memory Limits

Neuroscience NewsApril 26, 2018

Trying to retain too much information in our working memory can lead to a breakdown in communication between areas of the brain responsible for maintaining it, researchers say.... Read More...

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People Differ in Their Power of Perception

Neuroscience NewsApril 25, 2018

A new study measures individual differences in perceptual capacity. Findings suggest people have a consistent level of performance across different measures of perception.... Read More...

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Culture Shapes the Brain: How Reading Changes the Way We Think

Neuroscience NewsApril 23, 2018

A new study sheds light on how reading shapes our brain and can improve our memory. Those who are not practiced readers, researchers discovered, find it more difficult to distinguish how an object is oriented in space.... Read More...

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Children’s Gestures, and What They Mean

Neuroscience NewsApril 15, 2018

A new study explores how children's use of gestures is connected to communication and language acquisition.... Read More...

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Extreme Heat Linked to Lower Cognitive Performance in Students in Non Air Conditioned Buildings

Hidden Brain States that Regulate Performance and Decision Making Uncovered

Experiencing a Stressful Day May Lower Cognitive Abilities Throughout the Day

How Music Lessons Can Improve Language Skills

Better Physical Fitness and Lower Aortic Stiffness Key to Slower Brain Aging

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New Parts of the Brain Become Active After Students Learn Physics

Reading the Minds of Pilots

Loss of Brain Synchrony May Explain Working Memory Limits

People Differ in Their Power of Perception

Culture Shapes the Brain: How Reading Changes the Way We Think

Children’s Gestures, and What They Mean