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The Birth of Long-Term MemoriesHave you ever wondered why you remember some tidbit of information from long in the past? A new study by researchers may reveal how long-lasting memories form in the brain with a potential benefit including a better understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder.
Stephen Pinker -- The Moral Instinct"Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the oftener and more steadily we reflect on them," wrote Immanuel Kant, "the starry heavens above and the moral law within." These days, the moral law within is being viewed with increasing awe, if …
Selflessness, core of all major world religions, has neuropsychological connectionAll spiritual experiences are based in the brain. That statement is truer than ever before, according to a University of Missouri neuropsychologist.
Parting's Sweet Sorrow: Why We Value PossessionsPeople tend to think their favorite possessions, such as a car or an iPod, should command top dollar, but they balk at paying the same price when the items belong to someone else.
Simple brain exercise can boost IQCan mental training improve your intelligence? No video game or mental puzzle has convincingly been shown to work. But now a group of neuropsychologists claims it has found a task that can add points to a person's IQ – and the harder you train, they say, the more you gain.
Key to false memories uncoveredInformation retrieved from memory is simultaneously processed in two specific regions of the brain, each of which focuses on a different aspect of a past event. The medial temporal lobe (MTL), located at the base of the brain, focuses on specific facts about the event.
Brain Research Zeros in On Attention Deficit DisorderResearch conducted at McGill University's Montreal Neurological Institute could lead to new understanding and treatment of neurological problems like attention deficit disorder. It has identified that part of the brain that is responsible for storing ordered information.
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Scientists Draw Link Between Morality And Brain's WiringMost of us feel a rush of righteous certainty in the face of a moral challenge, an intuitive sense of right or wrong hard to ignore yet difficult to articulate.
'What might have been' key in evaluating behavior"What might have been" or fictive learning affects the brain and plays an important role in the choices individuals make – and may play a role in addiction, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers and others in a report that appears online today in the Proceedings of the Na …
Slow Down, Multitaskers; Don't Read in Traffic Confident multitaskers of the world, could I have your attention? Juggling activities in Times Square. When people divide their attention, they react more slowly and make more mistakes, scientists say.
LSD mechanisms studied'We know that hallucinogens act on serotonin 2A (5HT2A) receptors in the brain. But so do a number of other drugs. The mystery was, why all drugs that activate those receptors don't cause the same responses,...
For Some, the Words Just Roll Off the TonguePeople who have synaesthesia — a rare condition that runs in families — have "joined senses." They "see" letters or numbers or musical notes as colors — a capital A will be tinged red, or 5 plus 2 will equal blue, or B.B. King will play the yellows.
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