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Researchers suggest fear and anxiety share same bases in brain
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 20 (ANI): A recent study suggests that fear and and anxiety reflect overlapping set of neural building blocks in the brain.
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Unlike adults, children use both brain hemispheres to understand language
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 8 (ANI): To understand language (more specifically, processing spoken sentences), children use both the brain's hemispheres, right and left -- quite different from what adults do. The new finding suggests a possible reason why children appear to recover from neural
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Scientists show how brain flexibility emerges in infants
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
North Carolina [US], Sept 1 (ANI): To shed light on the development of cognitive flexibility during early infancy, researchers conducted a brain imaging study in infants to examine the emergence of neural flexibility, which refers to the frequency with which a brain region changes its role (
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Autistic people's nerve cells differ before birth
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [USA], Aug 24 (ANI): A new study shows that in human brain cells, the atypical development starts at the very earliest stages of brain organization, at the level of individual brain cells.
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Researchers discover stem cells in optic nerve that preserve vision
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Baltimore (Maryland) [USA], July 31 (ANI): Researchers have for the first-time identified stem cells in the region of the optic nerve, which transmits signals from the eye to the brain. The finding presents a new theory on why the most common form of glaucoma may develop and provides potenti
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Autism researchers map brain circuitry of social preference
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
California [US], July 15 (ANI): For individuals with conditions such as autism, unfamiliar social interactions can produce negative emotions such as fear and anxiety. Researchers now reveal how two key neural circuits dictate the choice between social approach and avoidance.
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Here's how brain activity evolves fear into anxiety
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], July 11 (ANI): Researchers for the first time have identified brain-wide neural correlates of the transition from fear to anxiety. They tried to understand the brain's response to fear, and why, in some cases, it can lead to prolonged anxiety states like post-traumatic
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Neuroscientists examine the way brain regions function independently, coll
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Boston [USA], July 10 (ANI): In recent research, neuroscientists examined the way brain regions function independently and collectively. The research could help in a better understanding of parts of the brain that are used to process sensory information and remember different skills.
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Study explains how brain maps our interpersonal ties
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 21 (ANI): The closer you feel to people emotionally, the more similarly you represent them in your brain, while, people who feel social disconnection tend to have a lonelier, neural self-representation, according to a recent study.
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Study reveals new insight on how brain maps our interpersonal ties
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 16 (ANI): The closer you feel to people emotionally, the more similarly you represent them in your brain. In contrast, people who feel social disconnection appear to have a lonelier, neural self-representation, according to a new study.
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Research advances understanding of differences in effects of cannabis use
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 19 (ANI): Recent research has underscored differences between men and women's craving or desire to consume cannabis when exposed to a specific situation. Addressing these differences will increase the efficacy of treatments through personalised approaches.
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Sleep disturbances among infants can affect brain development: Study
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 7 (ANI): The prime time for brain development in a child's life is the first year, where the infant spends most of the time asleep. It is the time when neural connections form and sensory memories are encoded.
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