
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
