News tagged with brain behavior


Aaron Berkowitz at the keyboard.

The improvising brain: Getting to the neural roots of the musical riff

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- What’s involved when a musician sits down at the piano and plays flurries of notes in a free fall, without a score, without knowing much about what will happen moment to moment? Is it possible ...





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High-fat, high-sugar foods alter brain receptors

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Overconsumption of fatty, sugary foods leads to changes in brain receptors, according to new animal research at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The new research results are being presented at the 2009 annual ...


Lack of happiness hormone serotonin in the brain causes impaired maternal behavior in mice

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created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A lack of serotonin, commonly known as the "happiness hormone", in the brain slows the growth of mice after birth and is responsible for impaired maternal behavior later in life. This was the result of research conducted ...


Hush little baby... Linking genes, brain and behavior in children

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

It comes as no surprise that some babies are more difficult to soothe than others but frustrated parents may be relieved to know that this is not necessarily an indication of their parenting skills. According to a new report ...


Just expecting a tasty food activates brain reward systems

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, shows that exposing rats to a context ...


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Special brain wave boost slows motion

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Researchers have found that they can make people move in slow motion by boosting one type of brain wave. The findings offer some of the first proof that brain waves can have a direct influence on behavior, ...


UCI robot to aid brain research

UCI robot to aid brain research

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A robot powered by a computerized model of a rodent brain will help researchers from UC Irvine and UC San Diego understand how people recognize and adapt to change.


Researchers create first transgenic prairie voles

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have successfully generated the first transgenic prairie voles, an important step toward unlocking the genetic secrets of pair bonding. The future ...


Imaging the hypnotized brain: Neural mechanisms of suggested paralysis

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Although there is no doubt that hypnosis can impact the mind and behavior, the underlying brain mechanisms are not well understood. Now, new research provides fascinating insight into the specific neural effect of the power ...


The making of the male brain (estrogen required)

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Territorial behavior in male mice might be linked to more "girl-power" than ever suspected, according to new findings at UCSF. For the first time, researchers have identified networks of nerve cells in the brain that are ...


Surprising results in teen study: adolescent risky behavior may signal mature brain

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created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A new study using brain imaging to study teen behavior indicates that adolescents who engage in dangerous activities have frontal white matter tracts that are more adult in form than their more conservative peers.



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