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·July 11, 2014·5 min read

Brain Activity in Sex Addiction Mirrors That of Drug Addiction

A new neuroimaging study finds pornography triggers brain activity of sex addicts much the same way as drugs trigger the brains of drug addicts.

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·July 11, 2014·4 min read

Study Sheds New Light on Second Language Learning in Adulthood

New research identifies the neural mechanisms underlying the learning of a second language in adulthood.

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·July 10, 2014·4 min read

Scientists Shed New Light on Nerve Cell Growth

A new study reports that a particular protein play a more sophisticated role in neuron development than previously thought.

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·July 9, 2014·3 min read

People with Bipolar Disorder are Bigger Risk Takers

Researchers find circuits involved in pursuing rewarding experiences are more strongly activated in bipolar patients.

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·June 27, 2014·3 min read

Running Combined with Visual Experience Restores Brain Function

Researchers discover running, when accompanies by visual stimuli, helped restore brain function to normal levels in mice which had been deprived of visual experience early in life.

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·June 26, 2014·4 min read

Controlling Movement with Light

Researchers demonstrate they can control muscle movement by applying optogenetics.

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·June 25, 2014·4 min read

Study Show Monarch Butterflies Employ a Magnetic Compass During Migration

Researchers report monarch butterflies use a light dependent inclination magnetic compass to help them orientate during migration.

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·June 24, 2014·3 min read

Study Finds Learning by Repetition Impairs Recall of Details

Researchers discover that while repetition enhances the factual content of memories, it also reduces the amount of details stored.

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·June 23, 2014·4 min read

Sensitive? Emotional? Empathetic? It Could be in Your Genes

A new neuroimaging study finds physical evidence that the highly sensitive brain responds powerfully to emotional images.

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·June 18, 2014·4 min read

Portable Brain Mapping Device Allows Researchers to See Where Memory Fails Student Veterans

Using a portable brain mapping device, researchers discover limited prefrontal cortex activity among student veterans with PTSD when asked to recall information from simple memory tasks.