News tagged with brain responses

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Talking works: UB professor develops method to analyze creative problem solving

(Phys.org) -- Talk -- if it's the right kind -- can increase creativity, leading students to create useful, new ideas that solve problems, a University at Buffalo professor has found by using a statistical tool that he invented.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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Protein complex affects cells' ability to move, respond to external cues

In a paper published today in the journal, Cell, a team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has explained for the first time how a long-studied protein complex affects cell migration and how external cues a ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Parasite uses the power of sexual attraction to trick rats into becoming cat food

(PhysOrg.com) -- Could it be love? Rats infected with the parasite Toxoplasma seem to lose their fear of cats – or at least cat urine. Now Stanford researchers have discovered that the brains of those ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

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Researchers probe causes of math anxiety

Math problems make more than a few students - and even teachers - sweat, but new brain research is providing insights into the earliest causes of the anxiety so often associated with mathematics.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Neuroscience: Blue in the face

The way that humans perceive each other is strongly affected by the configuration, contour, and complexion of faces. Researchers from Toyohashi Tech report the importance of facial color on neural responses ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Youth at risk for obesity show greater brain activity in response to food

Do people overeat because they experience less reward from eating or because they experience more reward from eating? In the March 23, 2011 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience Oregon Research Institute (ORI) senior scient ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Immune molecule regulates brain connections

The number of connections between nerve cells in the brain can be regulated by an immune system molecule, according to a new study from UC Davis. The research, published Feb. 27 in the journal Nature Neuroscience, reveal ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Crying baby draws blunted response in depressed mom's brain

Mothers who are depressed respond differently to their crying babies than do non-depressed moms. In fact, their reaction, according to brain scans at the University of Oregon, is much more muted than the robust ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Chinks in the brain circuitry make some more vulnerable to anxiety

(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some people fret over the most trivial matters while others remain calm in the face of calamity? Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified two different ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Revealing the wiring that allows us to adapt to the unexpected

Wouldn't life be easy if everything happened as we anticipated? In reality, our brains are able to adapt to the unexpected using an inbuilt network that makes predictions about the world and monitors how those predictions ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stimulating the brain's immune response may provide treatment for Alzheimer's disease

A new target for the prevention of adverse immune responses identified as factors in the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been discovered by researchers at the University of South Florida's Department of Psychiatry ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Brain changes explain why teens have no fear

The brain undergoes changes in adolescence that suppress fearful experiences learned in childhood, said a study released Monday that could explain why teenagers act so brashly at times.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Researchers track the impacts of depression during pregnancy

The cocktail of hormones cascading through depressed mothers' bodies may play an important role in the development of their unborn children's brains.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Animal studies suggest new paths to treating depression

New animal research has identified factors, such as the stress response and immune system, that may play important roles in depression. Scientists have also found that the regulation of nerve cell signals influences depression ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Pleasurable behaviors reduce stress via brain pathways, research shows

Whether it's food or sex, pleasurable activity provides more than just pleasure, University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers say. It actually reduces stress by inhibiting anxiety responses in the brain.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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