Why do we easily identify with the heroes of fiction?
Identifying with a fictional character activates the same region of the brain as when we think of ourselves or our ...
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Being good at reading makes you better at math
The areas of the brain responsible for reading ability are also involved during mathematical thinking. THE ESSENTIAL How our brain ...
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Sense of direction: how to make your brain an effective GPS
Unconscious cognitive processing allows us to find our bearings and form our sense of direction. A sense that can also ...
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Brain: exaggerating the differences between two similar memories, to remember them better
Our brain would lead us to amplify the differences between two memories, when these correspond to similar events, in order ...
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Has the origin of tinnitus been found?
Electrical brain stimulation can modulate the synchronization of the cerebral hemispheres which changes what we hear and limits tinnitus. THE ...
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Stimulate the brain to regain memory
It is possible to improve memory through transcranial magnetic stimulation, which can improve the management of memory disorders. THE ESSENTIAL ...
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Brain: brain waves specific to our identified states of thought
Specific brain waves activate in different parts of the brain based on our thoughts. THE ESSENTIAL Electrophysiological signatures specifically linked ...
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Hotheads have less gray matter
People who engage in risky behaviors have a reduced volume of gray matter. This is related to muscle control and ...
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Brains of two comatose patients revived by ultrasound
Scientists have succeeded in reviving the brains of two patients in a coma using ultrasound. THE ESSENTIAL The researchers succeeded ...
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What happens in the brain during an argument
When two people are at odds, many regions of the brain involved in various cognitive functions come into play. THE ...
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Neglected children: effects on their descendants
Children who have been emotionally neglected by their parents have altered brain circuits. And these effects are passed on to ...
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Brain: how it manages space and time
Neuroscientists have managed to identify the brain circuit that encodes the synchronization of events and have realized that our brain ...
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The benefits of stress: a legend?
The idea that a little stress can boost performance is refuted by Canadian neuroscientists. Stress, even mild, impairs executive functions, ...
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Couple dispute: mediation activates reward circuits
Brain imaging has revealed that mediator intervention during a couple's homemaking scene alters activations in our brains and promotes reward ...
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What if our memories physically existed in our brains?
More than a hundred years ago, a theory postulated that memories were formed physically in our brains. The engram was ...
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Hallucinations, anxiety, delusional thoughts: the dangers of meditation
Contrary to popular belief, meditation can have serious adverse effects on some meditators, especially those who are emotionally fragile. Explanations. ...
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Meditation would help our brain to make fewer mistakes
Doing regular mindfulness meditation would help our brain to be more attentive, and therefore to make fewer errors.Relieve chronic pain, ...
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Why does our brain react to the sound of an alarm?
Why does our brain go on alert when it is disturbed by a nagging and loud noise like that of ...
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News, social networks…: how our brain makes us addicted to information
According to a new study, information would play the same role as money and sweets on our brain by acting ...
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Behaviour: Why do teens take so many risks?
The development of the cerebral cortex has been blamed for causing these risky behaviors. But American researchers offer another explanation. ...
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Brain: controversy in sight on the question of free will
Decision follows action instead of preceding it. This astonishing result of neuroscience is today questioned by three researchers in neuro-ethics, ...
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Male homosexuality: two genes identified for the first time
American researchers in behavioral neuroscience have identified two genes linked to the sexual orientation of men. But the conditional is ...
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Bordeaux: “The Neurocampus is on an international standard”
INTERVIEW - From basic research to clinical practice, the Neurocampus de Bordeaux intends to compete with the best world poles ...
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Why yawning is contagious
The sensitivity to yawning of others is related to the excitability of the motor cortex. A discovery which helps to ...
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Vegetative state: a doctor communicates with patients
Dr Adrian Owen has devised a novel method that allows people unable to blink to answer yes or no questions.Patients ...
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Brain: some video games attack gray matter
Action games, especially first person shooters, can lead to hippocampal atrophy. “Yes, video games are good for the brain! “, ...
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Forget to produce neurons
The loss of memories, often perceived as a failure, is actually an essential mechanism of memory, according to a study ...
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Sexual neurons found throughout the brain
Neurons specializing in the regulation of reproductive functions are distributed throughout the brain, according to a study by Inserm.The few ...
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The brain is still developing in adulthood
The region responsible for face recognition is thought to be larger in adults than in children. Proof that the brain ...
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Dyslexia: researchers identify brain failures
Research suggests that the brains of dyslexics have plasticity failures on a network of neurons involving sensory processing. The brains ...
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