New Software Responds to Students’ Emotions, Boredom
Emotion-sensing computer software that models and responds to students' cognitive and emotional states – including frustration and boredom – has been developed ... Read More...
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Study Shows How The Brain Responds To Deceptive Advertising
Several specific regions of our brains are activated in a two-part process when we are exposed to deceptive advertising, according to new research conducted by ... Read More...
Economics and the Brain: How People Really Make Decisions in Turbulent Times
In a 2008 paper on neuroeconomics, economist George Loewenstein said: “Whereas psychologists tend to view humans as fallible and sometime even self-destructive,... Read More...
Chess Experts Help Researchers Understand How We See the World
UT Dallas team aids study of how humans view game boards, faces and other visual information.Just as expert chess players scrutinize a board to calculate th... Read More...
Explorers Use Uncertainty and Specific Area of Brain
As they try to find the best reward among options, some people explore based on how uncertain they are about the outcome of the options. Those who employ that ... Read More...
Patients’ Brains May Adapt to ADHD Medication
New research reveals how the brain appears to adapt to compensate for the effects of long-term ADHD medication, suggesting why ADHD medication is more effective... Read More...
Mom’s Love Good for Child’s Brain
School-age children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have brains with a larger hippocampus, a key structure important to learning, memory and response ... Read More...
Magic Mushrooms’ Effects Illuminated in Brain Imaging Studies
Brain scans of people under the influence of the psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, have given scientists the most detailed picture to date o... Read More...
The Illusion of Courage: New Research Explains Why People Mispredict Their Behavior in Embarrassing Situation
Whether it's investing in stocks, bungee jumping or public speaking, why do we often plan to take risks but then "chicken out" when the moment of truth arrives?... Read More...
Study Offers Clue As to Why Alcohol is Addicting
UCSF Gallo scientists show that drinking releases brain endorphinsDrinking alcohol leads to the release of endorphins in areas of the brain that produce fee... Read More...
Cognitive Decline Can Begin as Early as 45, Warn Experts
The brain’s capacity for memory, reasoning and comprehension skills (cognitive function) can start to deteriorate from age 45, finds research published in the B... Read More...
A Gene for Depression Localized
Psychiatric disorders can be described on many levels, the most traditional of which are subjective descriptions of the experience of being depressed and the us... Read More...