News tagged with ventromedial prefrontal cortex
Should I stay or should I go? Neural mechanisms of strategic decision making
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 27, 2009 |
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A new study demonstrates that when faced with a difficult decision, the human brain calls upon multiple neural systems that code for different sorts of behaviors and strategies. The research, published by Cell Press in the ...
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When your memories can no longer be trusted
May 28, 2008 |
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You went to a wedding yesterday. The service was beautiful, the food and drink flowed and there was dancing all night. But people tell you that you are in hospital, that you have been in hospital for weeks, and that you didn’t ...
Multitasking ability can be improved through training
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Jul 16, 2009 |
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Training increases brain processing speed and improves our ability to multitask, new research from Vanderbilt University published in the June 15 issue of Neuron indicates.
Stages of sleep have distinct influence on process of learning and memory
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Research on the sleeping brain has revealed some fascinating stage-dependent interactions between areas involved in formation and storage of long term memories. The study, published by Cell Press in the February 26th issue ...
How we know a dog is a dog: Concept acquisition in the human brain
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Sep 23, 2009 |
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A new study explores how our brains synthesize concepts that allow us to organize and comprehend the world. The research, published by Cell Press in the September 24th issue of the journal Neuron, uses behavioral and neuroi ...
How we remember each other
Apr 03, 2007 |
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Researchers at McGill University’s Douglas Mental Health University Institute, in collaboration with a French team at the University of Paris, have used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify the part of the brain that ...
Long-distance brain waves focus attention (w/Video)
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May 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as our world buzzes with distractions -- from phone calls to e-mails to tweets -- the neurons in our brain are bombarded with messages. Research has shown that when we pay attention, some of these neurons ...
Scientists study social memory formation
Apr 03, 2007 |
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A team of Canadian and French scientists has identified the internal part of the prefrontal cortex as key to memorizing social information.
Young adults may outgrow bipolar disorder
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Sep 29, 2009 |
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Bipolar disorder, or manic-depression, causes severe and unusual shifts in mood and energy, affecting a person's ability to perform everyday tasks. With symptoms often starting in early adulthood, bipolar disorder has been ...
Training can improve multitasking ability
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Aug 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Training increases brain processing speed and improves our ability to multitask, new research from Vanderbilt University indicates.
Part Of Human Brain Functions Like A Digital Computer, Professor Says
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Oct 05, 2006 |
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A region of the human brain that scientists believe is critical to human intellectual abilities surprisingly functions much like a digital computer, according to psychology Professor Randall O'Reilly of the University of ...
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