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What is neuroscience? Neuroscience is the scientific study of nervous systems. Neuroscience can involve research from many branches of science including those involving neurology, brain science, neurobiology, psychology, computer science, artificial intelligence, statistics, prosthetics, neuroimaging, engineering, medicine, physics, mathematics, pharmacology, electrophysiology, biology, robotics and technology.

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·September 10, 2018·4 min read

Anger and Sadness May Cause Real Pain as Well as Being a Result of It

Exploring the relationship between emotion and pain in rheumatoid arthritis, researchers report emotions may function as a stressor, promoting inflammation and causing pain symptoms.

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·September 10, 2018·5 min read

Quick Learners Remember More Over Time

According to a new study, adults who are able to learn information quickly are better at long term retention for the material learned, despite spending less time studying it.

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·September 10, 2018·5 min read

Decoding Mood from Human Brain Signals

Researchers have built a decoder which is able to translate neural signals into mood variations.

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·September 8, 2018·4 min read

Life’s Purpose Rests in Brain’s Drive to Extract Meaning From the World

A new article questions what gives us purpose in life? Researchers speculate it is our drive to extract meaning from the world around us.

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·September 8, 2018·5 min read

Past Memory Cues Help People Juggle Numerous Pieces of Information

A new EEG study reveals memory cues can influence the neural representation related to information about cued and non-cued locations, but the effect of the cue depends upon when it appears.

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·September 8, 2018·4 min read

Mindful People Feel Less Pain

Those who are more mindful are less caught up in the experience of pain, and report feeling less pain than those who are less mindful, a new study reports. Researchers say higher disposition mindfulness during painful heat is associated with greater deactivation of the posterior cingulate cortex.

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·September 8, 2018·4 min read

Brainwaves Synchronize to the Speed of Talking, Influencing the Way We Hear Words

According to researchers, the speed at which a person speaks influences the way we hear and understand upcoming words. A new study reports our brain waves synchronize to speech rate, influencing how we hear and perceive words.

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·September 7, 2018·3 min read

How Brain Cells Work Together to Remember and Imagine Places

Researchers have created a computational model that helps explain how mental images drawn from memory can be explained by the firing of specific neurons.

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·September 7, 2018·3 min read

How the Brain Forgets on Purpose

Researchers implicate the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and hippocampus in in our ability to actively forget a memory.

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·September 7, 2018·6 min read

Human Gut Study Questions Probiotic Health Benefits

According to researchers, probiotics may not be as effective as most believe. Researchers report many people's digestive tracts prevent standard probiotics from successfully colonizing them.

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·September 7, 2018·5 min read

Exercise Generates New Neurons and Improves Cognition in Alzheimer’s: Mouse Study

Researchers report exercise can promote adult hippocampal neurogenesis and improve cognition in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease. The study identifies ways to mimic the beneficial effects of experience through pharmacological and gene therapy.