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If you're thinking about taking up running as your New Year's resolution and still need some convincing, consider this: MRI scans reveal that endurance runners' brains have greater functional connectivity than the brains of more sedentary...
Research subjects at the University of Minnesota fitted with a specialized noninvasive brain cap were able to move the robotic arm just by imagining moving their own arms.Credit: University of Minnesota
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have made a...
A manager's support for fun actually mattered more than his or her support for learning, according to the researchers.Image: Flickr/franchichi eusebio
All work and no play may dull on-the-job learning at workplaces, according to a team of researchers.
In a study,...
Scientists have uncovered that the added influence of confident people may be down to our biology.
By studying brain activity, academics discerned that human brains are geared for placing added value on opinions of confident people.
The research, published today in...
The researchers used a sample of 700 trees to create one tree that summarized the relationships among the Pama-Nyungan languages.Credit: Image courtesy of Yale University
The naming of colors has long been a topic of interest in the study of...
A team of scientists has mapped out how our brains process visuals we don't even know we've seen, indicating that the neuronal encoding and maintenance of subliminal images is more substantial than previously thought.
"Our results indicate that what is...
Around 50% of us are susceptible to believing we’ve experienced fictitious events, University of Warwick research finds
False memory study included over 400 people
Raises questions around the authenticity of memories used in forensic investigations, court rooms.
Misinformation in the news can...
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,...
Brain chemicals and their role in how we deal with uncertainty. Credit: Edvard Munch and Roland Roberts
New research has revealed how three important brain signaling chemicals affect the way that we handle uncertainty. It turns out that noradrenaline regulates...
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The latest study by researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich suggests that excessive consumption of fatty foods could severely disrupt the development of the prefrontal cortex in the maturing brains of young people. This...
Study shows one in six girls report experiencing an episode of clinical depression over previous year. Image Credit: Flickr/amenclinicsphotos ac
The rate of adolescents reporting a recent bout of clinical depression grew by 37 percent over the decade ending in...
