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59 news posts in Brain

Young Minds

21 Sep 2018

Understanding traumatic injury to the human brain

“We hope that with this article Collection, kids will understand how to protect themselves from Traumatic Brain Injury.”

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21 Sep 2018

Primate study offers clues to evolution of speech

Study suggests primates can’t speak because they lack the brain mechanisms needed to control and coordinate vocal production: Frontiers in Neuroscience

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17 Sep 2018

Why do women get more migraines?

Estrogen and other sex hormones may be responsible for the higher prevalence of migraine in women: Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences

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14 Sep 2018

Scientists propose a new lead for Alzheimer’s research

Abnormalities seen in inherited Alzheimer’s disease could result from problems in how neurons handle iron, suggests a new theory: Frontiers in Neuroscience

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23 Aug 2018

New theory may explain cause of depression and improve treatments

Dysfunction in mitochondria could be root cause of depression, providing opportunity for new developments of antidepressant drugs: Frontiers in Neuroscience

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13 Aug 2018

Training compassion ‘muscle’ may boost brain’s resilience to others’ suffering

As little as two weeks of compassion meditation training may reduce the distress a person feels when witnessing another’s suffering: Frontiers in Psychology

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09 Aug 2018

Feeling young could mean your brain is aging more slowly

The first study to link subjective age to biological age shows elderly people who feel younger have less signs of brain aging: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Neuroscience

18 Jun 2018

Social ties could preserve memory, slow brain aging

Research suggests that merely having a larger social network can positively influence the aging brain: Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

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07 Jun 2018

Leg exercise is critical to brain and nervous system health

Groundbreaking research shows leg exercise is critical to brain and nervous system health, fundamentally altering current brain and nervous system medicine: Frontiers in Neuroscience

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26 Apr 2018

Artificial intelligence tricked by optical illusion, just like humans

A study using deep neural networks suggests that predictive coding theory is the basis of illusory motion: Frontiers in Psychology

Neuroscience

02 Mar 2018

Researchers find algorithm for large-scale brain simulations

A decisive step towards simulating brain-scale networks on future supercomputers also significantly speeds up simulations on existing supercomputers: Frontiers in Neuroinformatics

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06 Feb 2018

Can your brain testify against you?

A defined set of guidelines is required to ensure neuroscientific techniques are used correctly and effectively in law: Frontiers in Neuroscience

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22 Jan 2018

Mirror neuron activity predicts people’s decision-making in moral dilemmas

Genuine concern for others’ pain plays a causal role when judging moral dilemmas, shows a study in Frontiers in Psychology

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17 Nov 2017

Lost in time and space: How challenges change the way you think

Research in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience shows that challenging situations make it harder to understand where you are and what’s happening around you.