The brain of more intelligent people is 'wired' differently from the brain of people with less intelligence, new research finds.
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Differences in intelligence have so far mostly been attributed to differences in specific brain regions....
Scientists have identified part of our brain that helps us learn to be good to other people.
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Scientists from Oxford University and UCL have identified part of our brain that helps us learn to be good...
Salk scientists show how visual neurons encode temporal dynamic information. It was previously thought that visual neurons encode information by summing the number of action potentials within a static temporal window. This representation is fixed, like a photo of...
A UC Santa Barbara researcher studying how the brain uses perception of the environment to guide action has a new understanding of the neural circuits responsible for transforming sensation into movement.
"Mapping perception to a future action seems simple," UCSB...
The ability of an adult to learn and to perform cognitive tests is directly linked to how active the brain is at rest, UNSW researchers have found.
The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Brain Imaging and Behaviour, found that...
A resort vacation provides a strong and immediate impact on molecular networks associated with stress and immune pathways, in addition to short-term improvements in well-being, as measured by feelings of vitality and distress, say researchers.Credit: © Jocelyn / Flickr
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Humans have evolved a disproportionately large brain as a result of sizing each other up in large cooperative social groups, researchers have proposed.
A team led by computer scientists at Cardiff University suggest that the challenge of judging a person's...
Children's brains are far more engaged by their mother's voice than by voices of women they do not know, a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has found.
Brain regions that respond more strongly to the mother's...
People living in neighbourhoods with more birds, shrubs and trees are less likely to suffer from depression, anxiety and stress. Image credit: Flickr/Peter Miller
People living in neighbourhoods with more birds, shrubs and trees are less likely to suffer from...
Panoramic Sunset.Credit: © Salvatore D'Oro / Flickr
When asked to visualize your childhood home, you can probably picture not only the house you lived in, but also the buildings next door and across the street. MIT neuroscientists have now identified...
A review of brain imaging studies challenges the idea that a wandering mind is an unhappy mind.Image Credit: Flickr/devilkaty
During downtime, some of us daydream while others might focus on a to-do list, or get stuck in a negative loop....
