Articles & Research
Brain’s ‘Traffic Directors’: Neurons That Keep Us Focused on Tasks
Researchers have illuminated how our brain maintains focus amidst distractions. ...more
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August 11, 2023•5 min read
Key Brain Activity Absent in Borderline Personality Disorder
Researchers have identified a brain region, the rostro-medial prefrontal cortex, which reacts differently to social rejection in individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). ...more
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June 28, 2023•4 min read
Mindfulness and relaxation techniques boost frontal theta power in the brains of athletes
The findings provide insights into how mindfulness and relaxation interventions can benefit athletes’ mental well-being. ...more
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June 20, 2023•5 min read
A Role of the Parasympathetic Nervous System in Cognitive Training
Vision-based speed of processing (VSOP) training can result in broad cognitive improvements. ...more
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May 31, 2023•1 min read
Exercise and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Fitness Explored
The neuroscience of fitness explores how regular exercise profoundly impacts our brain and nervous system. ...more
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May 14, 2023•3 min read
Brain Study Asks: Where Does All the Glucose Go?
This is the most direct and clearest evidence yet that neurons are metabolizing glucose through glycolysis and that they need this fuel to maintain normal energy levels. ...more
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April 22, 2023•4 min read
Fasting May Tell the Brain To Break Down Unhealthy Molecules
Our study shows that autophagy is not only controlled in the body cells themselves, but also by the brain. ...more
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April 20, 2023•2 min read
We make thousands of unconscious decisions every day. Here’s how your brain copes with that.
But how – and why – do you go from concentrating on a task to making it automatic? ...more
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April 17, 2023•4 min read
Why Every Kindergarten and First-Grade School Day Should Begin with Inquiry and Imaginative Play
We must have a mindset shift in this country. A shift from seeing schools as buildings that children attend to understand reading, writing, math, and social sciences to schools as part of our communit... ...more
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April 17, 2023•11 min read
Dopamine Levels Could Determine Whether Working Out Feels Easy or Hard
Researchers have long been trying to understand why some people find physical effort easier than others. ...more
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April 13, 2023•4 min read
Brain–Gut Interactions Could Explain Sleep's Mysteries
Harvard study implies that dietary choices impact sleep quality. ...more
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April 12, 2023•10 min read
These Neurons Are the Reason You Yawn When You See Others Do It, And They Could Help Us Teach Children More Creatively Too
Mirror neurons are essential for the human species. Not only do they allow us to learn by observation and imitation, but they also are essential for the development of empathy and social behaviors. ...more
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April 03, 2023•4 min read
How the brain rewards pleasurable physical touch
Using optogenetics, neurobiologists traced a stimulating physical touch from the skin all the way to the reward center of the brain for the first time. ...more
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April 01, 2023•4 min read
World-First Study Identifies Brain Changes Caused by High Blood Pressure
A new study has, for the first time, identified specific brain areas damaged by high blood pressure. ...more
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March 28, 2023•3 min read
A new take on psychoneuroimmunology
Research pointing to a circuit linking the immune system and brain connects illness, stress, mood and thought in a whole new way. ...more
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March 28, 2023•6 min read
Too much pleasure causes pain
Happiness has been declining precipitously in the West for 30 years, despite better access to healthcare and education and decreases in poverty and violence. Groundbreaking Stanford psychiatrist and a... ...more
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March 20, 2023•8 min read
Sensory emotion regulation
Sensation and emotion are inextricably linked. ...more
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February 15, 2023•4 min read
‘Cyclic sighing’ can help breathe away anxiety
"There's a growing interest in nonpharmacological ways of helping people regulate their mood," Spiegel said. "We may be able to identify certain kinds of anxiety that respond substantially to this sim... ...more
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February 09, 2023•6 min read
Green eyeglasses reduce pain-related anxiety in fibromyalgia patients, study shows
May reduce need for opioids in those with chronic pain. ...more
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October 23, 2022•2 min read
Can Cognitive Training Improve Shoot/Don't-Shoot Performance? Evidence from Live Fire Exercises
Recent research suggests that shoot/don't-shoot errors (e.g., commission errors of shooting at nonhostile or unarmed civilians) can be linked to specific cognitive abilities, and these errors could be... ...more
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June 03, 2019•1 min read
Researchers Find Missing Link Between the Brain and Immune System
Implications profound for neurological diseases from autism to Alzheimer’s to multiple sclerosis. ...more
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June 02, 2015•6 min read
