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Exercising regularly in old age may better protect against brain shrinkage than engaging in mental or social activities, according to a new study. Research suggests that brain shrinkage may lead to problems with memory and thinking. Delete the scoop?
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An inexpensive, five-minute eye scan can accurately assess the amount of brain damage in people with the debilitating autoimmune disorder multiple sclerosis (MS), and offer clues about how quickly the disease is progressing. Delete the scoop?
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Researchers use fMRI datasets to train a computer to predict the semantic category of an image originally viewed by five different people. Delete the scoop?
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It's been known for some time that when our brains are focused on a task, we can fail to see other things that are in plain sight. Delete the scoop?
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Are you always forgetting things or can’t make up your mind? Recent research has shown promise for a brain implant that could be used to help you remember or decide.... Delete the scoop?
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One of the many ways in which we have become cognitively lazy is to accept our initial perspective on problems. Delete the scoop?
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The hippocampus represents an important brain structure for learning. Scientists have discovered how it filters electrical neuronal signals through an input and output control, thus regulating learning and memory processes. Delete the scoop?
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Multiple synaptic contacts between nerve cells facilitate the creation of a new contact, as neuroscientists report. An integral mechanism of memory foundation is the formation of additional contacts between neurons in the brain. Delete the scoop?
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Frequently, as many as one thousand signals rain down on a single neuron simultaneously. To ensure that precise signals are delivered, the brain possesses a sophisticated inhibitory system. Scientists have now illuminated how this system works. Delete the scoop?
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The finding comes close to answering the question: how does an experience become a memory that can be accessed months, even years later? Delete the scoop?
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New research from Weizmann Institute, published in Nature Neuroscience has discovered that people can actually learn during sleep, which can unconsciously modify their behavior while aw... Delete the scoop?
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An amazing picture by Dwayne Godwin and Jorge Cham from PhD Comics. Click for the full size image just published at the Scientific American site. Definitely worth seeing in its hi-res glory. ... Delete the scoop?
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Neurobiologists have investigated how the brain is able to group external stimuli into stable categories. They found the answer in the discrete dynamics of neuronal circuits. Delete the scoop?
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Books Trim the Brain - ScienceNOW... Books and educational toys can make a child smarter, but they also influence how the brain grows Delete the scoop?
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Temple Grandin, perhaps the world’s most famous person with autism, has exceptional nonverbal intelligence and spatial memory, and her brain has a host of structural and functional differences compared with the brains of controls. Delete the scoop?
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A human astrocyte cell (credit: Wikipedia/Bruno Pascal) A new study from MIT neuroscientists sheds light on a neural circuit that makes us likelier to... Delete the scoop?
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New study finds long-overlooked cells help the brain respond to visual stimuli. Delete the scoop?
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Scientists have found compelling evidence that parts of the brain can evolve independently from each other. The brains of approximately 10,000 mice were analyzed. Seven individual parts of each brain were measured by volume and weight. Delete the scoop?
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Boredom is often seen as a trivial and temporary, but it can also be a chronic and pervasive stressor that has significant consequences for health and well-being. Despite this, boredom itself is still poorly understood. Delete the scoop?
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The same process that allows us to have better memory than monkeys may ultimately be what makes us human. Delete the scoop?
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Research at Sandia National Laboratories has shown that it’s possible to predict how well people will remember information by monitoring their brain activity... Delete the scoop?
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You already know it's hard to balance your checkbook while simultaneously reflecting on your past. Now, researchers -- having done the equivalent of wire-tapping a hard-to-reach region of the brain -- can tell us how this impasse arises. Delete the scoop?
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How can two Olympic gymnasts 20 years older than most participants compete for medals? Delete the scoop?
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