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Featured Psychology

·January 12, 2016·4 min read

Toddlers With Poor Short Term Memory More Likely to Drop Out of High School as Teens

A new study reports on the benefits of helping toddlers develop their working memory skills.

Featured Psychology

·January 9, 2016·6 min read

Oh Baby! Understanding Pregnancy Brain

A new paper looks at the neuroscience of pregnancy and suggests the 'pregnancy brain' really does exist.

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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·December 1, 2015·4 min read

First Language Wires the Brain for Later Language Learning

A new study reports early exposure to a language influences how the brain processes sounds from a second language later in life.

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Featured Psychology

·November 5, 2015·6 min read

How Positive Stimuli Provides Positive Benefits to the Distracted Brain

Researchers have identified how the brain processes and differentiates between negative and positive emotions.

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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·November 3, 2015·4 min read

How Depressive Thoughts Persist and Interfere With Memory in Depressed People

Findings have far reaching implications for understanding how depression damages memory, researchers report.

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·October 30, 2015·3 min read

Underlying Processes of Working Memory More Complex Than Thought

A new study reports successful memory performance is based on alternating activity states.

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Brain Cancer Featured Psychology

·October 12, 2015·6 min read

Improving Attention and Memory in Childhood Cancer Survivors with Computerized Cognitive Training

A new study reports computerized cognitive training is beneficial in improving memory and other cognitive skills for children who have survived cancer.

Featured Neurology

·October 6, 2015·4 min read

Older Patients Recover More Slowly From Concussions

According to a new study, older individuals have a harder time recovering from concussions.

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Brain Cancer Featured Neuroscience

·September 24, 2015·3 min read

Working Memory Affected in Adult Survivors of Childhood Brain Cancer

A new study reports adults who survived posterior fossa brain tumors as children have lower working memory performance than healthy adults.

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·September 21, 2015·2 min read

Measuring Early Cognitive Improvement Following Mild TBI

A new study reports researchers have successfully used fMRI neuroimaging to measure cognitive recovery following a mild TBI.

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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·August 27, 2015·6 min read

Brain Structure Differences Suggest Teens May Not ‘Grow Out of’ ADHD

A new study reports gray matter deficits in the caudate nucleus could mean that adolescents with ADHD may not grow out of the disorder.

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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·August 24, 2015·5 min read

Study Shows ‘Smart Drug’ Modafinil Does Enhance Cognition

A new study reports modafilnil, a drug developed to treat narcolepsy and often touted as a 'smart drug', actually does provide cognitive benefits, at least for a particular subset of skills.