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How Sleep Blocks Unwanted Thoughts (and Keeps You Focused)

How Sleep Blocks Unwanted Thoughts (and Keeps You Focused)

A new link between sleep and mental health includes brain regions that keep unwanted memories out of mind.
Posted in Attention, Memory, Neuroscience

New Brain Mapping Technique Reveals Insights into Attention and Language

New Brain Mapping Technique Reveals Insights into Attention and Language

Mapping connections between brain regions reveals insights into how higher order functions like language and attention are organized.
Posted in Attention, Language, Neuroscience

Memories Are Not Only in the Brain

Memories Are Not Only in the Brain

Study shows these cells learn and make memories in ways similar to neurons

Posted in Memory, Neuroscience

How Do You Remember How to Ride a Bike? Thank Your Cerebellum.

How Do You Remember How to Ride a Bike? Thank Your Cerebellum.

Part researchers, part detectives, two Harvard professors deepen our understanding of long-term motor skill memories.
Posted in Memory, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience

Scanning, Scrolling, and Swiping: New Research Uncovers Why Our Brains Are Effective at Quickly Processing Short Messages

Scanning, Scrolling, and Swiping: New Research Uncovers Why Our Brains Are Effective at Quickly Processing Short Messages

Our brains detect basic sentence structure nearly as quickly as they recognize a visual scene.
Posted in Attention, Language, Neuroscience, Reading Skills

Echoes in the Brain: Why Today’s Workout Could Fuel Next Week’s Bright Idea

Echoes in the Brain: Why Today’s Workout Could Fuel Next Week’s Bright Idea

The everyday effects of sleep, exercise, heart rate and mood could linger in our brains for over two weeks, according to a pioneering study.
Posted in Health & Wellness, Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience

Brain-Wide Decision-Making Dynamics Discovered

Brain-Wide Decision-Making Dynamics Discovered

Researchers map how the brain transforms sensation into action.

Posted in Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience

How the Brain Orchestrates Motion with Sensory Cues

How the Brain Orchestrates Motion with Sensory Cues

New study reveals how, in flies, a single brain cell can drive multiple movements of the body, in partnership with sensory cues.

Posted in Movement & Exercise, Neuroscience, Technology

How Spontaneous Neural Activity Powers Brain Wiring in Utero

How Spontaneous Neural Activity Powers Brain Wiring in Utero

Yale researchers identified how brain cells form a wired network in early development, before experiences shape the brain.
Posted in Neuroscience

Brain Waves Shape the Words We Hear

Brain Waves Shape the Words We Hear

The timing of our brain waves shapes which words we hear. 

Posted in Attention, Language, Neuroscience, Speech

Eureka! Exploring Learning Through Moments of Insight

Eureka! Exploring Learning Through Moments of Insight

Learning is often not a gradual process, but takes place in leaps and bounds.
Posted in Attention, Education, Neuroscience

Brain-Imaging Study Reveals Curiosity as it Emerges

Brain-Imaging Study Reveals Curiosity as it Emerges

In a first, researchers link subjective feelings of curiosity to the way the brain physically represents it.

Posted in Attention, Engagement, Motivation, Neuroscience