Tag: neuroscience

Combating negative emotions with self-guided positive imagery

From the Frontiers press release: Flashbacks of scenes from traumatic events often haunt those suffering from psychiatric conditions, such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). “The close relationship between the… Read more »

Aggression disorder linked to greater risk of substance abuse

From the University of Chicago Medical Center press release: People with intermittent explosive disorder (IED) — a condition marked by frequent physical or verbal outbursts — are at five times greater… Read more »

Poor sleep in early childhood may lead to cognitive, behavioral problems in later years

From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release: A study led by a Massachusetts General Hospital pediatrician finds that children ages 3 to 7 who don’t get enough sleep are more… Read more »

Alcoholism may be caused by dynamical dopamine imbalance

From the National Research University Higher School of Economics press release: Researchers from the Higher School of Economics, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, Indiana University and the Russian Academy of Sciences Nizhny… Read more »

Protein called GRASP1 is needed to strengthen brain circuits

From the Johns Hopkins University press release: Learning and memory depend on cells’ ability to strengthen and weaken circuits in the brain. Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that… Read more »

Media multitasking linked to distractibility among youth

From the University of Helsinki press release: The aim of Mona Moisala’s doctoral dissertation was to study patterns of activity in cortical networks related to attention and working memory, as… Read more »

Dopamine neurons factor ambiguity into predictions enabling us to ‘win big and win often’

From the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory press release: In the struggle of life, evolution rewards animals that master their circumstances, especially when the environment changes fast. If there is a recipe… Read more »