Older adults’ abstract reasoning ability predicts depressive symptoms over time
Age-related declines in abstract reasoning ability predict increasing depressive symptoms in subsequent years, according to data from a longitudinal study
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One type of brain cell might hold key to inflammation after head injury: Study in mice suggests potential target for treating traumatic brain injury
By eliminating one type of immune cell in the brain, researchers were able to erase any evidence of inflammation following
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Brain learns to recognize familiar faces regardless of where they are in the visual field
A Dartmouth study finds that recognition of faces varies by where they appear in the visual field and this variability
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Genetics used to predict response to antipsychotic medications
Genetics can be used to predict a patient’s response to antipsychotic drug treatment for schizophrenia, according to a recent study
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Professional, not personal, familiarity works for virtual teams
Knowing that your colleague on a project once owned a business, earned a specialized degree, or is a technology genius
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Is big-city living eroding our desire to be nice?
A new study by University of Miami psychology researchers of anonymous interactions suggests that humans switch off their automatic inclination
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New target of alcohol in the brain
When alcohol enters the brain, it causes neurons in a specialized region called the ventral tegmental area, or VTA —
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Whole-brain connectome maps teach artificial intelligence to predict epilepsy outcomes
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) neurologists have developed a new method based on artificial intelligence that may eventually help
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Motor learning for precise motor execution: Motor learning for explicit and implicit controls
It is generally accepted that precise motor control in our daily life depends on acquisition of an internal model. One
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Gambling monkeys help scientists find brain area linked to high-risk behavior
Monkeys who learned how to gamble have helped researchers pinpoint an area of the brain key to one’s willingness to
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