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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.

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·April 15, 2018·2 min read

Children’s Gestures, and What They Mean

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

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·April 5, 2018·6 min read

A Heavy Working Memory Load May Sink Brainwave ‘Synch’

Researchers report synchrony of brain waves within three regions of the brain can 'break down' when visual working memory load becomes too extensive to handle.

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·April 3, 2018·4 min read

Parkinson’s Disease and Binge Eating

A new study sheds light on why some people with Parkinson's disease binge eat. Researchers report working memory impairment and alterations in reward sensitivity could be behind why binge eating can be problematic in those with Parkinson's.

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·March 10, 2018·2 min read

Brain Connections in Schizophrenia

Researchers report reduced connectivity between the thalamus and prefrontal cortex may be a common feature in those with Schizophrenia.

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·February 23, 2018·3 min read

Being Raised in Greener Neighborhoods May Have Beneficial Effects on Brain Development

Early life exposure to greenspace may result in beneficial structural changes in the developing brain, researchers report. The study found children who grew up in areas surrounded by greenspace had better working memory and were more attentive than those who lived in more urban environments.