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How mouse brains reorganize old memories when new ones are laid down
Oxford and Imperial researchers have mapped how the structure of existing memories is reorganized as new experiences are committed to
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How the brain’s internal states affect decision-making
At Carnegie Mellon University, Biomedical Engineering’s Matthew Smith and Byron Yu, along with former Ph.D. student Ben Cowley (Ph.D., School
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Energy demands limit our brains’ information processing capacity
Our brains have an upper limit on how much they can process at once due to a constant but limited
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Exercise boosts motor skill learning via changes in brain’s transmitters
Doctors have relentlessly impressed upon us the many benefits of exercise. Energy, mood, sleep and motor skills all improve with
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Biodiversity and our brains: How ecology and mental health go together in our cities
Mental health in our cities is an increasingly urgent issue. Rates of disorders such as anxiety and depression are high.
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New lab-grown brains are as active as premature babies’
New lab-grown brains are as active as premature babies’ – but scientists promise they can’t ‘think’ Stem cells have been
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Disrupted genetic clocks in schizophrenia-affected brains reveal clues to the disease
Rhythms in gene expression in the brain are highly disrupted in people with schizophrenia, according to a new University of
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What the brains of people with excellent general knowledge look like
The brains of people with excellent general knowledge are particularly efficiently wired. This was shown by neuroscientists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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Levels of gene-expression-regulating enzyme altered in brains of people with schizophrenia
A study using a PET scan tracer developed at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
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