Viral infections during pregnancy linked to behavioral abnormalities in offspring
Credit: University of Saskatchewan Male and female rats whose mother experienced a simulated viral infection during pregnancy behave abnormally, consistent ...
Tag: Memory/Cognitive Processes
Brain area tied to emotions is larger in vets, service members with mild TBI and PTSD
'An intriguing structural finding'Credit: Kevin Walsh A new study finds that veterans and active-duty service members with combat-related PTSD and ...
How the olfactory brain affects memory
Credit: RUB, Kramer How sensory perception in the brain affects learning and memory processes is far from fully understood. Two ...
Healthy aging entails reorganization of function in prefrontal brain areas
Researchers from HSE University and York University have become the first to analyse the results of 82 functional neuroimaging studies ...
Exercise activates memory neural networks in older adults
UMD study shows acute exercise has the ability to impact brain regions important to memory College Park, Md. -- How ...
Army publishes new findings to support soldier training
Researchers recently demonstrated that people's attitudes about avoiding negative outcomes versus achieving positive outcomes is related to how their performance ...
Some women could be more susceptible to PTSD than others, according to new study
Researchers propose a model that offers a biological explanation for why childhood trauma is linked to PTSD in some -- ...
Collecting the right quantity of evidence: How the brain makes a difficult decision
Two publications track the perceptual decision making process from the sensory receptors to the final actionCredit: Mathew Diamond, SISSA New ...
The brain’s imperfect execution of mathematically optimal perception
Thirty-person study of human perception suggests a 'middle ground' between opposing literatureCredit: Designed by Elina Stengård Human perception is based ...
Two researchers are selected to receive 2019 John Simon Guggenheim fellowships
Two scientists at UC Santa Barbara whose work has contributed in significant ways to our understanding of nature and of ...
Study reveals brain marker for angry dreams
Researchers have identified a pattern of brain activity that reflects anger experienced during dreaming according to a new study carried ...
Low-intensity ultrasound can change decision-making process in the brain, research shows
The study shows how low-intensity ultrasonic waves can be used to generate or suppress electrical signals in the brain, modulating ...
RNA transport in neurons — Staufen2 detects its target transcripts in a complex manner
Credit: © Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen A team of scientists from Helmholtz Zentrum München and the University of Ulm has discovered ...
Cell-type specific mechanism for formation and retrieval of cocaine-associated memories
Credit: Kanazawa University The environmental context in which addicts experience the rewarding effects of cocaine can readily elicit cocaine-associated memories. ...
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