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Study finds distant brain regions are wired by few connections
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 25 (ANI): An approach by researchers at the University of California shows that despite the functional importance of connections between far-reaching regions of the brain, the actual number of these connections is low.
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Altruistic behaviour in empathetic people reduces due to stress hormone: S
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 23 (ANI): The findings of recent research suggest that the stress hormone cortisol reduces altruistic behaviour and alters activity in brain regions linked to social decision making. However, this happens only in people who are better at imagining others' mental states
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Study identifies estrogen-regulated brain circuit that helps women control
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): A team of researchers has looked into estrogen interactions with specific brain regions that provide anti-obesity benefits in women.
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Anxiety cues in brain even in safe environment: Study
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): A recent study led by an international team of researchers used virtual reality to understand the impact anxiety has on the brain and how brain regions interact with one another to shape behaviour.
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Research finds anxiety cues in brain even in safe environment
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 3 (ANI): A team of researchers used virtual reality to understand the impact anxiety has on the brain and how brain regions interact with one another to shape behaviour.
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Study finds anxiety cues in brain despite safe environment
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 15 (ANI): Researchers have used a virtual-reality environment to understand the impact of anxiety on the brain and how brain regions interact with one another to shape behaviour.
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Study finds dogs learn about word boundaries as human infants do
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 31 (ANI): A new study combining EEG and fMRI by researchers from the Department of Ethology, Eotvos Lorand University (Hungary) has found that dogs extract words from continuous speech using similar computations and brain regions as humans do.
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Dogs learn about word boundaries as human infants do, finds study
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 29 (ANI): Dogs extract words from continuous speech using similar computations and brain regions as humans do, a new study combining EEG and fMRI by researchers from the Department of Ethology, Eotvos Lorand University (Hungary) finds.
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Redundant modular network supports proper brain communication: Study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 18 (ANI): At Baylor College of Medicine, Dr Nuo Li, assistant professor of neuroscience and a McNair Scholar, and his colleagues investigated the nature of the communication between brain regions involved in working memory and found evidence that a modular network organ
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Rats prefer to help their own kind, humans may be similarly wired: Study
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 16 (ANI): A decade after scientists discovered that lab rats will rescue a fellow rat in distress, but not a rat they consider an outsider, new research from the University of California, Berkeley, pinpoints the brain regions that drive rats to prioritise their nearest
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Study finds brain areas involved in seeking information about bad possibil
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine have identified the brain regions involved in choosing whether to find out if a bad event is about to happen.
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Intoxicating effects of alcohol linked with brain regions, finds study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Baltimore (Maryland) [US], April 18 (ANI): A recent study has pointed out that slurred speech, poor coordination, and sedative effects of drinking too much alcohol may actually be caused by the breakdown of alcohol products produced in the brain and not the liver as scientists currently thin
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