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NeuroscienceStudy reveals for first time that talking therapy changes the brain's wiring

104 points 4 comments submitted 18 hours ago by UnnaturallyFunky to /r/science

http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/news/records/2017/January/Study-reveals-for-first-time-that-talking-therapy-changes-the-brain's-wiring.aspx

NeuroscienceMany more in the UK could die from mad cow disease: For the first time ever, someone with the genotype MV has been diagnosed with variant CJD (the human form of mad cow disease)

361 points 16 comments submitted 1 day ago by DNAhelicaseGrad Student|Microbiology|Neuroscience to /r/science

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2118418-many-more-people-could-still-die-from-mad-cow-disease-in-the-uk/

NeuroscienceCould a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor?

10 points 0 comments submitted 1 day ago by jmduganPhD | Biomedical Informatics | Data Science to /r/science

http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005268

NeuroscienceNeuroscience techniques questioned by experiment: Neuroscience techniques fail to understand flaws in a simple microprocessor

17 points 16 comments submitted 1 day ago by Dont____Panic to /r/science

http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21714978-cautionary-tale-about-promises-modern-brain-science-testing-methods?cid1=cust/ednew/n/bl/n/20170119n/owned/n/n/nwl/n/n/NA/8643534/n

NeuroscienceBy studying the sexual behavior of a mutant strain of fruit fly called "platonic," researchers at the Tohoku University Graduate School of Life Sciences have found parallels between humans and flies in the neural control of copulation.

12 points 4 comments submitted 2 days ago by FillsYourNicheMS | Ecology and Evolution | Ethology to /r/science

http://www.sciencenewsline.com/news/2017011812000068.html

NeuroscienceGene that enables memories, sense of direction produces schizophrenia-like symptoms when mutated

216 points 10 comments submitted 2 days ago by NinjaDiscoJesus to /r/science

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/mcog-gte011817.php

NeuroscienceScientists discover unique pathways for the spatial and temporal components of episodic memory.

19 points 1 comment submitted 3 days ago by MemTutor to /r/science

http://www.thememorycityblog.com/2017/01/separate-elements-of-episodic-memory.html

NeuroscienceWhether we speak quickly or slowly, we end up conveying information at about the same rate, because fast talkers tend to convey less information with each word and syntactic structure than slower-paced speakers, finds a new study published in Cognition.

111 points 8 comments submitted 3 days ago by mveaMD-PhD-MBA | Clinical Professor/Medicine to /r/science

http://news.brown.edu/articles/2017/01/speechrate

NeuroscienceMeta-analysis reveals a lack of sexual dimorphism in human amygdala volume

6 points 0 comments submitted 4 days ago by NormanMailersGhost to /r/science

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053811916307431

NeuroscienceStudy participants forced to react while their heart was beating, as opposed to resting, exhibited more violent, racially biased behavior.

0 points 2 comments submitted 4 days ago by nscharping to /r/science

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2017/01/17/perception-heartbeat-racial-bias/#.WH6H7mQrKX0

NeurosciencePeople are more likely to perceive black men as a threat in snap-judgements that coincide with heartbeats

27 points 16 comments submitted 4 days ago by recentfish to /r/science

https://www.researchgate.net/blog/post/racial-bias-happens-in-a-heartbeat-literally

NeuroscienceMonkeys, like humans, know the limits of their own memory

83 points 4 comments submitted 4 days ago by sataky to /r/science

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/wise-monkey-knows-how-little-he-knows-180961807/

NeuroscienceHormonal fluctuations women undergo make them particularly sensitive, compared to men, to the addictive properties of cocaine. Findings show how high estrogen release during the estrus cycle increases the pleasure felt via the brain’s reward pathway.

42 points 5 comments submitted 5 days ago by drewiepoodle to /r/science

http://www.mountsinai.org/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/researchers-reveal-connection-between-female-estrogen-cycle-and-addictive-potential-of-cocaine-

NeuroscienceConcussions accelerate Alzheimer's disease-related brain atrophy and cognitive decline in people who are at genetic risk for the condition, research has found. The findings show promise for detecting the influence of concussion on neurodegeneration.

14 points 1 comment submitted 5 days ago by drewiepoodle to /r/science

http://neurosciencenews.com/alzheimers-concussion-neurology-5925/

NeurosciencePeople mix up the names of family, friends or even pets, because these names are usually stored in the same category in the brain. This is a cognitive glitch that is not related to bad memory or aging, but rather to how the brain categorizes names, with family pets filed with other family members.

539 points 10 comments submitted 5 days ago by mveaMD-PhD-MBA | Clinical Professor/Medicine to /r/science

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/01/16/509353565/when-the-brain-scrambles-names-its-because-you-love-them

NeuroscienceScientists at EMBL have traced exactly which neuronal projections prevent social animals like us from acting out on impulses

11 points 1 comment submitted 5 days ago by Wagamaga to /r/science

https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2017-01-neural-instincts.html

NeuroscienceGossip increases oxytocin levels in a near real-life situation

95 points 12 comments submitted 7 days ago by Mojosandra to /r/science

http://www.psyneuen-journal.com/article/S0306-4530(16)30582-0/abstract

NeuroscienceNeuroscientists discover that disorganized brain waves are needed for human memory

79 points 11 comments submitted 7 days ago by DoubleKK to /r/science

https://sites.duke.edu/dukeresearch/2017/01/12/brain-makes-order-from-disorder/

NeuroscienceMice turn into killers when brain circuit is triggered by laser

27 points 7 comments submitted 8 days ago by TrolskeGrad Student | MS | Behavioral Ecology to /r/science

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2117842-mice-turn-into-killers-when-brain-circuit-is-triggered-by-laser

NeuroscienceControl Of Attack Reflex By Laser Stimulation Of The Amygdala: Mice Made To Kill By Mind-Control Lasers

14 points 5 comments submitted 9 days ago by JeffCorkern to /r/science

http://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(16)31743-3.pdf

NeuroscienceBrain circuitry isolated that coordinates predatory hunting and kill instinct

8 points 2 comments submitted 9 days ago by kanhy to /r/science

http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31743-3

NeuroscienceAlcohol Prevents Ability to Extinguish Fearful Memories in Mice. Insight into cellular mechanisms illuminates biological target for PTSD therapy.

5 points 1 comment submitted 9 days ago by drewiepoodle to /r/science

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/alcohol_prevents_ability_to_extinguish_fearful_memories_in_mice

NeuroscienceThe search for true numbers of neurons and glial cells in the human brain: A review of 150 years of cell counting.

7 points 0 comments submitted 10 days ago by Karmaffin to /r/science

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27187682

NeuroscienceGlia, not neurons, are most affected by brain aging

68 points 3 comments submitted 10 days ago by linuxjava to /r/science

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-01-glia-neurons-affected-brain-aging.html#jCp

NeuroscienceAlcohol switches the brain into starvation mode in mice, increasing hunger and appetite, scientists have discovered. The UK researchers, who report their findings in the journal Nature Communications, believe the same is probably true in humans.

2,600 points 223 comments submitted 11 days ago by NinjaDiscoJesus to /r/science

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-38562048

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