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What Happens in Your Brain When You Read? New Study Maps the Reading Mind
A new brain study reveals how we process language when reading silently or aloud. It uncovers distinct neural responses for letters, words, and pseudo-words, offering groundbreaking insight into how the brain manages language—and paving the way for improved approaches to reading disorders like dyslexia.
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Cats Associate More with Words Compared to Human Babies, New Study Reveals
New research shows cats have the ability to link words and images faster than toddlers, suggesting a surprising cognitive ability in felines. Conducted at Azabu University in Japan, the study used visual cues to reveal that cats could recognise altered word-image pairings, showing signs of confusion and attention to detail. The findings, published ...
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"Sure. Challenge Him To...": Harris On Trump's Cognitive Test Remark
Kamala Harris said Monday she would take a cognitive test in response to jabs from Donald Trump, and challenged the ex-president to take one too as mental fitness becomes a battle line in the White House race.
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New Study Reveals the Brain Stores Multiple Copies of Every Memory
Recent research sheds new light on how the brain stores and manages memories, revealing that it maintains at least three distinct copies of each memory. This study, conducted on rodents, provides valuable insights into the brain's memory encoding process and suggests that multiple types of neurons play a role in storing these memories. The research...
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How Video Calls Are Changing Our Brains, Reveals Study
A recent study reveals that neural communication in online interactions is significantly diminished when compared to the activity observed in in-person conversations.
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Our Brains Are Incredibly Fast At Spotting Food, Taking Just 108 Milliseconds, Says Study
Every day, humans make decisions about food, and the visual system plays a crucial role by providing essential information that serves as the foundation for these food-related choices.
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Secondary Infections Inflame The Brain, Worsening Cognition In Alzheimer's: Study
A new research into Alzheimer's disease (AD) suggested that secondary infections and new inflammatory events amplify the brain's immune response and affect memory in mice and in humans.
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Think Brain Games Will Make You Smarter? Probably Not
A new study found no evidence to prove that brain games increases one's overall cognitive abilities, thus raising speculations if these games are helpful at all.
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Emotions Are Not Inborn, They Depend on Your Environment
A recent study has discovered that emotions are not in born but in fact, are cognitive states resulting from gathering information from the environment.
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Brain Size May Determine Response To Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
Patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who have a larger brain region are more likely to respond to exposure-based therapy -- a type of cognitive behavioural therapy -- for the mental health condition, finds a new research.
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Daily Exercise Can Cut Alzheimer's Risk
Exercise-associated calorie-burn can increase the level of grey matter volume in key brain areas which are responsible for memory, enabling the active adults to protect their brain from cognitive decline.
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Mental impairment and breast cancer
More than a third of women with breast cancer may have some degree of cognitive impairment before undergoing chemotherapy. This suggests that the disease itself rather than the treatment may be responsible for so-called chemobrain.
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What Happens in Your Brain When You Read? New Study Maps the Reading Mind
A new brain study reveals how we process language when reading silently or aloud. It uncovers distinct neural responses for letters, words, and pseudo-words, offering groundbreaking insight into how the brain manages language—and paving the way for improved approaches to reading disorders like dyslexia.
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Cats Associate More with Words Compared to Human Babies, New Study Reveals
New research shows cats have the ability to link words and images faster than toddlers, suggesting a surprising cognitive ability in felines. Conducted at Azabu University in Japan, the study used visual cues to reveal that cats could recognise altered word-image pairings, showing signs of confusion and attention to detail. The findings, published ...
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"Sure. Challenge Him To...": Harris On Trump's Cognitive Test Remark
Kamala Harris said Monday she would take a cognitive test in response to jabs from Donald Trump, and challenged the ex-president to take one too as mental fitness becomes a battle line in the White House race.
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New Study Reveals the Brain Stores Multiple Copies of Every Memory
Recent research sheds new light on how the brain stores and manages memories, revealing that it maintains at least three distinct copies of each memory. This study, conducted on rodents, provides valuable insights into the brain's memory encoding process and suggests that multiple types of neurons play a role in storing these memories. The research...
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How Video Calls Are Changing Our Brains, Reveals Study
A recent study reveals that neural communication in online interactions is significantly diminished when compared to the activity observed in in-person conversations.
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Our Brains Are Incredibly Fast At Spotting Food, Taking Just 108 Milliseconds, Says Study
Every day, humans make decisions about food, and the visual system plays a crucial role by providing essential information that serves as the foundation for these food-related choices.
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Secondary Infections Inflame The Brain, Worsening Cognition In Alzheimer's: Study
A new research into Alzheimer's disease (AD) suggested that secondary infections and new inflammatory events amplify the brain's immune response and affect memory in mice and in humans.
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Think Brain Games Will Make You Smarter? Probably Not
A new study found no evidence to prove that brain games increases one's overall cognitive abilities, thus raising speculations if these games are helpful at all.
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Emotions Are Not Inborn, They Depend on Your Environment
A recent study has discovered that emotions are not in born but in fact, are cognitive states resulting from gathering information from the environment.
-
Brain Size May Determine Response To Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
Patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who have a larger brain region are more likely to respond to exposure-based therapy -- a type of cognitive behavioural therapy -- for the mental health condition, finds a new research.
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Daily Exercise Can Cut Alzheimer's Risk
Exercise-associated calorie-burn can increase the level of grey matter volume in key brain areas which are responsible for memory, enabling the active adults to protect their brain from cognitive decline.
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Mental impairment and breast cancer
More than a third of women with breast cancer may have some degree of cognitive impairment before undergoing chemotherapy. This suggests that the disease itself rather than the treatment may be responsible for so-called chemobrain.
