Tag: brain
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Apathy. Death. Here!
Apathy - a lack of interest or motivation - could predict the onset of some forms of dementia many years before symptoms start, offering a 'window of opportunity' to treat the disease at an early stage, according to new research. (1) We live. We die. We laugh. We cry. There is nothing to see here.…
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Time & Place…
Two new studies shed new light on how the brain encodes time and place into memories. The findings not only add to the body of fundamental research on memory, but could eventually provide the basis for new treatments to combat memory loss from conditions such as traumatic brain injury or Alzheimer's disease. (1) Take my…
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Origins of emotions… Master of War…
A number of studies have sought to connect given emotions, such as fear or pleasure, to specific areas of the brain, but without success. A research team has now analyzed volunteers while they were playing a video game that had been specially developed to arouse different emotions. The results, show that different emotional components recruit…
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Fighter! Ask not why!
A new study shows that norepinephrine-producing neurons in the locus coeruleus produce attention focus and impulse control via two distinct connections to prefrontal cortex. (1) Brain controlling attention. But if something else helps us stay focused on something, what are we paying attention to? Look at your image on the calm lake. There is no…
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Think stupid! (The foundation of thinking)
The brain detects 3D shape fragments (bumps, hollows, shafts, spheres) in the beginning stages of object vision - a newly discovered strategy of natural intelligence that researchers also found in artificial intelligence networks trained to recognize visual objects. (1) Artificial intelligence. Natural intelligence. What difference could they have? You see, the main characteristic of intelligence…
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