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With the county facing a crisis in emotional health, we may need two vaccines: one for COVID-19 and another for toxic stress. Here’s a technique for dealing with all that stress.
Students say they have a hard time studying and cognitive science proves they’re not trying to dodge work: there’s a link between negative emotions and difficulties in concentrating.
Between 10-15% of all cells within the brain are microglia.
Research shows napping helps young children learn, as well as enhancing their emotional well-being.
Have you ever felt a piercing pain in your head when you eat something cold?
Faced with uncertain and anxious times, brains send out instructions to start stockpiling supplies – whether you’re a person facing a pandemic, or a rodent prepping for a long winter.
It takes time for information from our eyes to reach our brains and become part of our conscious experience. So our brains use predictions to make up the delay.
It can feel like everyone is stewing in anxiety about COVID-19 and seeing other people freak out can make you freak out more. A psychiatrist explains this phenomenon, and how to keep it in check.
The captain of a ship, or a soul, doesn’t sail while ignoring the wind – sometimes they go with it, sometimes against it, but they always account for it.
Chemical changes in the brain associated with chronic stress can put our cognition and mood under serious strain.
Even though the brain controls virtually everything we do, we often know very little about it.
A new tool for seeing hotspots in the brain could help doctors detect neurological disorders.
The knowledge produced in designing and developing artificial neural networks may provide new insights into how our brains work.
A new study raises hopes of better treatment for amnesia, Alzheimer’s and other conditions affecting memory.
We have a strong tendency to overreact emotionally and underreact behaviourally to news of infectious diseases.
Brain organoids are tiny models that neuroscientists use to learn more about how the brain grows and works. But new research finds important differences between the model and the real thing.
When you read in the back seat of the car, your eyes tell your brain you’re still. But your ears can sense you’re moving. Your eyes and ears are having an argument that your brain is trying to settle.
The scientific understanding of our internal experiences is changing and it now seems likely that ‘Christmas cheer’ may be an emotion in itself.
From dementia to depression to drug addiction, artificial brain stimulation has been hailed as a landmark medical technology for the future. But safeguards are needed if we want the benefits without the risks.
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
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Senior lecturer, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor in Music Psychology, Durham University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Cognitive Neurosciences, The University of Queensland
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Penn State
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Professor and Director of the Clinical Anatomy Learning Centre, Lancaster University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuroscience, University of Sussex
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Professor of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Science and Technology for Brain-Inspired Intelligence/ Computer Science, Fudan University
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