A new study suggests that empathy is not blunted by playing violent video games. Image Credit:Flickr/BRICK 101
The link between playing violent video games and antisocial behavior, such as increased aggression and decreased empathy, is hotly debated. Researchers in Germany...
While performing tasks of any difficulty older adults recruited additional between-module connections (gray). In contrast, younger adults only recruited additional between-module connections for the most difficult task, recalling both scenes and faces. Credit: University of California - Berkeley
Older people's...
Blinking steadies our gaze, a new study finds. Credit: Stephen McNally
Every few seconds, our eyelids automatically shutter and our eyeballs roll back in their sockets. So why doesn't blinking plunge us into intermittent darkness and light? New research led...
This figure shows the relationship between task performance and level of cognitive control.Credit: Amer, Campbell, Hasher/Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2016
As you age, you may find it more difficult to focus on certain tasks. But while distractions can be frustrating,...
Scientists at NIH used electrical recordings to study how the human brain remembers.
Credit: Courtesy of Zaghloul lab, NIH/NINDS
In a pair of studies, scientists at the National Institutes of Health explored how the human brain stores and retrieves memories. One...
These images of mouse brains compare laser scanning photostimulation maps of all the neurons connected to one central neuron in control mice (left) vs. mice dosed with valproic acid (VPA) to induce autism-like symptoms (right). The researchers focused on...
The number of people living well into their 90s is projected to quadruple by 2050. By mid-century, nearly 9 million people will be 90-years-old or older. In a first-of-its-kind study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society,...
Highly creative people have significantly more white matter connections (shown in green) between the right and left hemispheres of the brain, according to a new analysis. Credit: Daniele Durante, University of Padova
An MRI technique called diffusion tensor imaging...
Salk Institute researchers discovered that inhibiting a protein called phospholipid scramblase 1 (PLSCR1) controls the infected cell's antiviral response and provides long-term protection from immune attack and excessive inflammation. Salk Institute researchers discovered that inhibiting the protein PLSCR1 controls...
You walk into a room and suddenly your brain goes fuzzy with an overwhelming wave of familiarity -- although this is a totally new experience. Like something out of a sci-fi plot, it almost seems as if you've walked...
Molecular fMRI data showing signal changes from serotonin sensors in the absence (left) and presence (right) of the antidepressant Prozac, with each square denoting an individual brain voxel. Red squares indicate the signal has increased, as more serotonin is...
