Study looks at the neural mechanics of motivation
From the Emory Health Sciences press release: From deciding to quit hitting the snooze button and get out of bed in the morning to opting to switch off the TV and prepare for sleep at…
Study explores neurological underpinnings of resistance against authority
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Control aversion — the urge to rebel against control over one’s decisions — can be explained by connectivity between two regions of the brain as well as behavioral…
Study suggests people with OCD process emotions differently
From the Elsevier press release: A new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging reports that people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) feel more distress when viewing images to provoke OCD-related emotions than their unaffected siblings. Although…
Study links depression to memory problems and brain aging
From the American Academy of Neurology press release: Depression in older adults may be linked to memory problems, according to a study published in the May 9, 2018, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of…
Study looks at how distinct memories of similar events are represented in the brain
From the New York University press release: Neuroscientists have found new evidence on how distinct memories of similar events are represented in the brain. Its findings, which appear in the journal Neuron, correct a previous misconception…
Study suggests face-likeness recognition is influenced by early visual processing
From the Toyohashi University of Technology press release: The research team at the Visual Perception and Cognition Laboratory of the Toyohashi University of Technology has revealed that face-likeness is judged by early visual processing at…
Study finds new evidence that infants track others’ mental states
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: A brain-imaging study offers new support for the idea that infants can accurately track other people’s beliefs. When 7-month-old infants in the study viewed videos of…
Study shows how the brain translates altruism into feelings of thankfulness
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: A brain network that gives rise to feelings of gratitude has been uncovered in new research published in JNeurosci. The study could spur future investigations into how these “building…
Why people become more prone to distraction with age
From the University of Southern California press release: Older adults appear more easily distracted by irrelevant information than younger people when they experience stress or powerful emotions — and a specific network in the brain…
Study suggests basing everyday decisions on risk of pain or loss linked to increased anxiety
From the eLife press release: Scientists have shone new light on how the human brain uses past experiences and generalizes them to future events, helping us safely navigate the world around us, a study in eLife reveals.…