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Tag Archives: brain
Autism brain different in visual structure from normal brain?
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital have used MRI data and machine learning algorithms to classify children into autistic and non-autistic classes. Their discovery reveals that the gray matter in a network of … Continue reading
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Protein that controls memory formation found – in mice
Synaptic firing in a neural network is the key to learning and memory. Learning and memory are both a function of the synaptic plasticity. Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered in mice a molecular wrecking ball that powers the demolition … Continue reading
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Does “short attention span” equal “higher capacity for creativity”?
Researchers at the University of Michigan and Eckerd College also found that ADHD individuals preferred different thinking styles. They like generating ideas, but are not good about completing the tasks. Lead author Holly White, an assistant professor of psychology at … Continue reading
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Love is unbound by time
A new study led by Bianca Acevedo, Ph.D., and Arthur Aron, Ph.D., of the Department of Psychology at Stony Brook University, and colleagues, compared the neural correlates of long-term married and in love individuals with individuals who had recently fallen … Continue reading
pre-Bötzinger complex in humans identified – very important discovery that will help in understanding breathing related disorders like Rett’s syndrome, autism etc.
pre-Bötzinger complex plays an important role in respiratory rhythm, controlling breathing. Though it’s influence on breathing and respiratory rhythm is proven, the exact location or that it even exists as a physical entity as opposed to being distributed in different … Continue reading
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Is there a link between autism and traffic pollution? A new study thinks there is a strong correlation.
A child who lives near a freeway has double the risk of autism compared to other kids, researchers from California revealed in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. There has been a considerable increase in autism diagnoses over the last few … Continue reading
Drug to treat Rhett syndrome – Clinical trials begin
Researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston have begun a randomized, placebo-controlled trial to test a potential drug treatment for Rett syndrome, the leading known genetic cause of autism in girls. The principal researcher of the study Omar Khwaja, MD, PhD, is … Continue reading
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Children with learning disabilities can learn to overcome thanks to brain plasticity advances
Have you ever read The Brain that Changes itself by Norman Doidge? This is an amazing book that I read couple years ago that impressed me and opened me to several facts including Brain plasticity, Arrow Smith School, Posit Science … Continue reading
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Aspire to be smarter? It’s possible. Brain is plastic.
Brain is plastic. Especially when it comes to things like working memory. Working memory is very critical to functioning everyday. A larger working memory also helps you do well in mathematics, sciences and engineering etc. in addition to improving your … Continue reading
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Tagged brain, functioning of brain, Intelligence, science, science news, working memory
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Ability to do introspection increases (with age) and as different parts in brain begin act in sync
The “Default Mode Network” in brain is active when individual is focus on introspection – self-referential thought. Neuroscientists at Georgetown University Medical Center can now show, using functional MRI images, why it is that behavior in children and young adolescents veers … Continue reading
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