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Psychology researchers bring infants into the lab to learn more about how shared book reading influences brain and behavioral development.
BCI devices that read minds and act on intentions can change lives for the better. But they could also be put to nefarious use in the not-too-distant future. Now’s the time to think about risks.
Researchers have found that some individuals have a ‘language aptitude,’ which depends on how their brain is organized.
Unexplained, chronic pain known as fibromyalgia affects up to 5% of the population. Yet there are no effective treatment options for the millions for whom each day begins with persistent pain.
A new study of the brain structure of schizophrenics has revealed an important clue that could help treat hallucinations.
Particular parts of an individual’s brain tend to work together on certain tasks. Researchers can look at these patterns of “functional connectivity” to predict traits – like the ability to pay attention.
Typically, researchers pool a bunch of brain scans to figure out the average way brains handle certain tasks. Instead, could they pick out individual brain profiles from a stack of 126 people’s scans?
The least-processed form of cocoa may improve brain cell activity in Alzheimer’s disease patients. Researchers tested the…
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ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow in Cognitive Neuroscience, Western Sydney University
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