Tag: Psychology Research
Exercise is good for the aging brain: Researchers find a single bout of exercise boosts cognition, memory performance in some older people
How electrical stimulation reorganizes the brain: Approach could inform efforts to improve brain stimulation treatments for depression, other psychiatric disorders
Trigger region found for absence epileptic seizures
Like rats, you brain may contain ‘time cells’ that help form long-term memories: How the brain represents time when processing long-term memories
Mapping brain circuits in newborns may aid early detection of autism: Novel, whole-brain, noninvasive MRI techniques will produce 4-D brain atlas as reference tool
New model mimics persistent interneuron loss seen in prematurity
Turning desalination waste into a useful resource: Process could turn concentrated brine into useful chemicals, making desalination more efficient
Neuroimaging shows social exclusion spurs extremism in those vulnerable to radicalization
A role for microRNAs in social behavior: Researchers uncover how a microRNA cluster regulates synapse development and sociability
Classifying brain microglia: Which are good and which are bad? New study is perhaps the most comprehensive survey of brain microglia ever conducted
Discovering neurons that rapidly catch our mistakes
Smaller, faster and more efficient modulator sets to revolutionize optoelectronic industry
Restless legs syndrome brain stimulation study supports motor cortex ‘excitability’ as a cause: Experiments with patients suggest brain stimulation may be a viable treatment
Owls see as humans do: Humans and birds may be more similar than previously thought
Fundamental rule of brain plasticity
Brain structure may predict diet success: Volume of two brain regions is associated with dietary self-control
Speed-accuracy tradeoff turns up gain in the brain: Research helps to resolve central issue in understanding decision-making
Cognitive training reduces depression, rebuilds injured brain structure and connectivity after traumatic brain injury
Even brief maternal deprivation early in life alters adult brain function and cognition: Rat study
Scientists find fear, courage switches in brain
Loss of brain synchrony may explain working memory limits, says study