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WEBNeuroscience News is an independent open access science magazine. Since 2001, we have featured neuroscience research news from labs, universities, hospitals and news departments around the world. Topics include brain research, AI, psychology, neuroscience, mental health and neurotech.
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WEBAug 21, 2024 · Observing Trauma Boosts Resilience Through Serotonin. A new study reveals that observing others endure trauma can increase resilience and protect against depression. Researchers found that serotonin, released in the brain's habenula, plays a key role in this process, enhancing resilience by altering neuronal activity.
Exercise and the Brain: The Neuroscience of Fitness Explored
WEBMay 13, 2023 · Exercise also helps manage and reduce stress, increasing concentrations of norepinephrine and endorphins, chemicals that moderate the brain’s response to stress and induce feelings of happiness. The benefits of fitness extend beyond the brain. Regular physical activity reduces inflammation in the body, …
Why We Remember, and Forget. And What We Can Do About It
WEBFeb 3, 2023 · Sleep helps information to move from being briefly accessible to being stored in long-term ways, and it guides the transition from something we remember from a specific event, like remembering when the teacher said the boiling point of water was 212 degrees Fahrenheit, to a fact we just know. BUDSON: Sleep is important to consolidate memories ...
Interacting Brain Waves Key to How We Process Information
WEBApr 22, 2022 · The researchers hypothesize that the same kinds of waves are being generated—and interacting with each other—in every part of the brain’s cortex, not just the part responsible for the analysis of visual information. That means waves generated by the brain itself, by subtle cues in the environment or internal moods, can change the waves ...
What Happens in Our Brain When We Die? - Neuroscience News
WEBFeb 22, 2022 · Findings ‘challenge our understanding of when exactly life ends’. “We measured 900 seconds of brain activity around the time of death and set a specific focus to investigate what happened in the 30 seconds before and after the heart stopped beating,” said Dr Ajmal Zemmar, a neurosurgeon at the University of Louisville, US, who organised ...
How Our Brains Process Music - Neuroscience News
WEBFeb 20, 2024 · Listening to a melody can sway our emotions because the auditory neurons that process music are in conversation with emotional centers in the brain. “Composers talk about musical tension and resolution,” Sankaran said. “Our ability to expect and anticipate these features of music explains how it can set an upbeat tone or bring us to tears
Research Topics - Neuroscience News
WEB5 days ago · What is neuroscience? Neuroscience is the scientific study of nervous systems. Neuroscience can involve research from many branches of science including those involving neurology, brain science, neurobiology, psychology, computer science, artificial intelligence, statistics, prosthetics, neuroimaging, engineering, …
How Neurons That Wire Together Fire Together - Neuroscience …
WEBDec 23, 2021 · In 1949, psychologist Donald Hebb laid out his compelling “assembly theory” of how the brain achieves this feat. It is best summarized by the mantra “neurons that fire together wire together.”. The idea is that neurons responding to the same stimulus connect preferentially to form “neuronal ensembles.”. These associations are ...
Experts review evidence yoga is good for the brain
WEBDec 12, 2019 · A review of the science finds evidence that yoga enhances many of the same brain structures and functions that benefit from aerobic exercise. The review, published in the journal Brain Plasticity, focused on 11 studies of the relationship between yoga practice and brain health. Five of the studies engaged individuals with no …
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