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·July 10, 2018·6 min read

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

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.

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·July 3, 2018·6 min read

Hidden Brain States that Regulate Performance and Decision Making Uncovered

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

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·July 3, 2018·5 min read

Experiencing a Stressful Day May Lower Cognitive Abilities Throughout the Day

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.

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·June 25, 2018·6 min read

How Music Lessons Can Improve Language Skills

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

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·June 12, 2018·3 min read

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

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

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·June 7, 2018·4 min read

Waves Move Across the Human Brain to Support Memory

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.

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·May 24, 2018·5 min read

New Parts of the Brain Become Active After Students Learn Physics

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

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·May 21, 2018·4 min read

Reading the Minds of Pilots

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.

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·April 26, 2018·4 min read

Loss of Brain Synchrony May Explain Working Memory Limits

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.

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·April 25, 2018·3 min read

People Differ in Their Power of Perception

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

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·April 23, 2018·4 min read

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

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.