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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.
The Science Behind Why Hobbies Can Improve Our Mental Health
WEBFeb 14, 2021 — Summary: From helping to reduce depression to boosting dopamine in the reward system, researchers review how taking up a hobby can have positive effects on mental health. Source: The Conversation The pandemic has taken its toll on many peoples’ mental health.Given the fear of the virus and the government restrictions on movement many may understandably be feeling more lonely, anxious, and ...
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 ...
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 Does the Brain Create Our Perception of Reality?
WEBNov 3, 2021 — New findings from studies in both people and animals are revealing clues about how sensory information and cognitive processes interact in the brain to produce our perception of the world. The findings were presented at Neuroscience 2021, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world’s largest source of …
A Variety of Factors Beyond Age Influence Reaction Time
WEBJul 13, 2021 — Source: TGen. Reaction time, as a measure of brain health, is influenced by aging and a variety of other factors, including education, sex, smoking, dizziness, the number of daily medications, family medical history, and even whether one favors using their right or left hand. In a study published in Nature Aging and Mechanisms of Disease ...
Explaining the Mechanism Behind Optical Illusions
WEBMar 30, 2016 — It’s connecting the dots between the corners of the wedges,” said Kuhlman, who is a member of Carnegie Mellon’s BrainHub neuroscience initiative and the joint Carnegie Mellon/University of Pittsburgh Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC). “Optical illusions illustrate some of the amazing things our visual system can do.”.
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, …
Stronger Brain Activity After Writing on Paper Than on Tablet or ...
WEBMar 19, 2021 — Summary: Writing by hand increases brain activity in recall tasks over taking notes on a tablet or smartphone.Additionally, those who write by hand on paper are 25% quicker at note-taking tasks than those who use digital technology. Source: University of Tokyo A study of Japanese university students and recent graduates has revealed that writing on physical paper can lead to more brain ...
Why Two People See the Same Thing But Have Different Memories
WEBJan 1, 2019 — Long-term memory has an enormous capacity. We can remember at least 10,000 pictures, according to a study from the 1970s. Memories can differ between people on the basis of how we consolidate them. Many studies have investigated how memory consolidation can be improved. Sleep is a well-known example.