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·November 3, 2020·5 min read

Your Favorite Music Can Send Your Brain Into a Pleasure Overload

Do you experience the chills when you hear your favorite song? Researchers used EEG to map brain activity while people listened to their favorite tunes. Findings reveal specific brain areas work together to process music, triggering the reward system and increasing dopamine release.

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·November 2, 2020·3 min read

How the Brain Allows Actions Based on Social Cues

Information flow between the ventromedial premotor cortex and medial prefrontal cortex makes it possible for monkeys to correctly identify social cues.

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·October 31, 2020·4 min read

Should I Run, or Should I Not? The Neural Basis of Aggression and Flight

Study reveals a key role for the ventromedial hypothalamus in fight or flight behaviors. Findings suggest the ventromedial hypothalamus alters in response to social experiences.

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·October 29, 2020·3 min read

Brainstem Neurons Control Both Behavior and Misbehavior

Study reveals how gene control mechanisms determine the identity of neurons in the embryonic brainstem. A failure in differentiation in developing brainstem neurons can lead to behavioral abnormalities, including ADHD.

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·October 28, 2020·5 min read

Small Brain Device Proves Big Game Changer for Severely Paralyzed Patients

A tiny neural implant dubbed the Stentrode, allows people with upper limb paralysis to regain motor function. The device wirelessly restores the transmission of brain impulses.

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·October 26, 2020·5 min read

Single Brain Region Links Depression and Anxiety, Heart Disease, and Treatment Sensitivity

Overactivity in the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex underlies several key symptoms of depression, anxiety, and heart disease.

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·October 23, 2020·6 min read

Workplace Interruptions Lead to Physical Stress

Study reveals the body produces more cortisol when people are interrupted during work.

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·October 22, 2020·3 min read

How Herpes Infection May Impair Human Fetal Brain Development

Herpes virus simplex type 1 infection can spread to the fetal brain during pregnancy, resulting in an increased risk of neurodevelopmental disabilities and neurological deficits.

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·October 22, 2020·3 min read

How Genetic Variation Gives Rise to Differences in Mathematical Ability

Genetic variants of ROBO1 in young children are associated with gray matter volume in the right parietal cortex. This, in turn, predicts mathematical tests scored by second grade.

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·October 22, 2020·4 min read

Humans Are Born With Brains ‘Prewired’ to See Words

Neuroimaging newborns reveals the human brain is born "prewired" to be receptive to words and language.

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·October 21, 2020·4 min read

Neural Pathway Crucial to Successful Rapid Object Recognition in Primates

Researchers have identified a brain pathway between the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and the inferior temporal cortex which enables primates to effortlessly identify objects in their field of vision.