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  • Brain Represents Optical Illusion as Delayed Reality
    Feb 19, 2019
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    Brain Represents Optical Illusion as Delayed Reality
    A study of humans and monkeys published in JNeurosci has found the same subset of neurons encode actual and illusory complex flow motion.
  • Why Children Struggle to Understand Speech in Noisy Backgrounds
    Feb 12, 2019
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    Why Children Struggle With the 'Cocktail Party Effect'
    With increasing background noise, a study published in JNeurosci reports children's brains struggle to focus on an intended speaker's voice.
  • How Learning a New Writing System Shapes the Reading Brain
    Feb 12, 2019
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    Learning a Second Alphabet for a First Language
    Research published in eNeuro challenges theoretical constraints on the range of visual forms available to represent written language.
  • Pitch Perfect: Brain Differences Behind a Rare Musical Ability
    Feb 12, 2019
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    Pitch Perfect: Brain Differences Behind a Rare Musical Ability
    New research published in JNeurosci reports features of the brain in musicians with absolute, or perfect, pitch that likely enable individuals with this rare ability — shared by Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven — to precisely identify musical notes.
  • Boosting Glutamate Reduces Anxiety in Monkeys
    Feb 05, 2019
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    Boosting Glutamate Reduces Anxiety in Monkeys
    Researchers publishing in JNeurosci demonstrate normalization of anxious marmosets' 'fight or flight' response by increasing glutamate release in the hippocampus.
  • Largest-Ever Genetic Analysis of Impulsive Personality Traits Reveals Associations With Psychiatric Disorders
    Feb 05, 2019
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    Genetic Study of Impulsiveness Reveals Associations With Psychiatric Disorders
    Impulsiveness and substance use share a genetic basis, according to genome-wide association studies published in JNeurosci by academic and industry researchers.
  • Poor Sleep Tonight Could Mean More Pain Tomorrow
    Jan 29, 2019
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    Poor Sleep at Night, More Pain the Next Day
    Research published in JNeurosci suggests improving sleep quality could help manage pain, especially in hospital settings.
  • How Concussions May Lead to Epilepsy
    Jan 22, 2019
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    How Concussions May Lead to Epilepsy
    A study published in JNeurosci establishes a new animal model that could help improve our understanding of post-traumatic epilepsy.
  • Implantable Device Curbs Seizures and Improves Cognition in Epileptic Rats
    Jan 22, 2019
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    Implantable Device Curbs Seizures and Improves Cognition in Epileptic Rats
    A protein-secreting device implanted into the hippocampus of epileptic rats reduces seizures by 93 percent in three months, finds preclinical research published in JNeurosci.
  • Mice Pass on Brain Benefits of Enriched Upbringing to Offspring
    Jan 22, 2019
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    Mice Pass on Brain Benefits of Enriched Upbringing to Offspring
    Life experience may be transmitted from one generation to the next through changes in gene expression and parental caretaking, according to a multigenerational study published in eNeuro.
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