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Our neural circuits lead us to find comfort in those like us and unease with those who differ, resulting in a battle between reward and distrust. But these brain connections aren’t the end of the story.
Aviation safety has much to gain from neuroscience: studying how our brains become “deaf” to alarms allows us to adapt the pilot’s flight instruments.
Time often seems to fly by when you’re a parent. A social psychologist explains why it actually – and fortunately – does not.
Brain signals might work like people navigating without a map – and it’s actually more efficient than you think.
We don’t have evidence that can point us to the exact purpose of yawning. But there are several theories.
It’s time to stop the witch hunt on intuition.
Consciousness final frontier of science?
‘Mini brains’ can be grown in the lab, and brains of decapitated pigs were recently ‘kept alive’ for a day and a half. But what makes a conscious brain?
Classroom meditation shows promise for improving student attention, focus, happiness and self-awareness.
When it comes to neuroscience, there’s no such thing as an ‘average’ teenager.
Researchers have identified which part of the brain helps us understand and respond to social interactions.
Neuroscience labs around the world may need to reevaluate some of their assumptions about whether what works in animals will really produce meaningful treatments for people.
If an alien landed on Earth, how would you decide if it had free will like us, or was a sophisticated automaton?
The scientists behind a controversial new study were surprised by their own results. But they carefully did all they could to ‘prove a negative,’ and their neurogenesis study is shaking up the field.
Women are underrepresented in academic science. New research finds the problem is even worse in terms of who authors high-profile journal articles – bad news for women’s career advancement.
Eminem’s Stan – how the childhood trauma of Eminem’s superfan played its part in a tragic story.
The idea that we are only kind to get ahead doesn’t seem to hold up, being nice genuinely makes us feel good.
Using simple strategies, parents and teachers can help stimulate linguistic and other cognitive development in children.
Adolescents have important developmental work to do. Despite what worried grownups think, taking needless risks isn’t the goal for teens. Being risky is part of exploring and learning about the world.
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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Penn State
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Senior Lecturer (Adjunct), Nutritional neuroscientist, University of Adelaide
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Cognitive Neurosciences, The University of Queensland
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Head of Developmental Psychobiology Lab, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow, Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
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Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Bangor University
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Professor Emeritus of Cognitive NeuroImaging, Aston University
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Associate Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Pediatrics, retired, University of California, San Francisco
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Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Trinity College Dublin
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Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Neuroscience in Melbourne, Australia, The University of Melbourne
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Technical Officer, Deakin University
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Associate Professor and Head of Decision Neuroscience Laboratory, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Psychological Science, Western Sydney University
