From the Oxford University press release: Being told that a work of art is authentic or fake alters the brain’s response to the visual content of artwork, Oxford University academics have found. Fourteen participants were…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release via MedicalXpress: New research suggests that, in people who don’t currently have memory problems, those with smaller regions of the brain’s cortex may be more likely to…
From the UCLA press release: At UCLA’s Laboratory of Integrative Neuroimaging Technology, researchers use functional MRI brain scans to observe brain signal changes that take place during mental activity. They then employ computerized machine learning…
From the Johns Hopkins University press release: Fifteen years ago, textbooks on human development stated that babies 6 months of age or younger had no sense of “object permanence” – the psychological term that describes…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: We know a lot about the links between a pregnant mother’s health, behavior, and moods and her baby’s cognitive and psychological development once it is born. But…
From the AFTAU press release: Anxious people have long been classified as “hypersensitive” — they’re thought to be more fearful and feel threatened more easily than their counterparts. But new research from Tel Aviv University…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: In order to get a better picture of our surroundings, the brain has to integrate information from different senses, but how does it know which signals to combine? New research…
From the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology press release via ScienceDirect: Short-term memory plays a crucial role in how our consciousness operates. Several years ago a hypothesis has been formulated, according to which capacity of…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release: Imagine waking up and being unable to see or recognize anything on the left side of your body. This condition, called hemispatial neglect, is common after a…
From the RIKEN (Japan) press release via EurekAlert!: In a new study to appear in Neuron, scientists at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI) have uncovered mechanisms that help our brain to focus by efficiently…