Neuroscience
Other eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight:
Alcohol causes you to lose your sense of humour.
People with amnesia have trouble imagining the future.
Stroke sufferers who suffer damage to a part of the brain called the insula often lose the urge to smoke, offering clues to addiction.
A brain area has been found that is more easily activated in altruistic people.
If you've come across a fascinating piece of psychology research, please let me know.
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: Comparing how teenagers from across Europe cope with everyday stresses. Visual illusion reveals Karate athletes have enhanced eye movement control. The sad truth about depressive...
- Extras
Other eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: How losing a close friend to cancer affects our own long-term decision making. We use a person's distinctive facial movements to help us recognise them. Does heading the...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: The role of auditory 'mirror neurons' in human empathy. In monkeys, these cells are activated both when a certain action is performed and when the sound of that action is...
- Extras
Other interesting papers that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: Adults with autistic spectrum disorder have reduced grey matter in the area of the brain thought to contain mirror neurons - brain cells that are active both when someone performs...
- The Insula Is Making Headlines!
From a report in The New York Times about the neuroscience of smoking: Scientists Tie Part of Brain to Urge to Smoke By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: January 25, 2007 [snip] The insula, for years a wallflower of brain anatomy, has emerged...
Neuroscience
Extras
Other eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight:Alcohol causes you to lose your sense of humour.
People with amnesia have trouble imagining the future.
Stroke sufferers who suffer damage to a part of the brain called the insula often lose the urge to smoke, offering clues to addiction.
A brain area has been found that is more easily activated in altruistic people.
If you've come across a fascinating piece of psychology research, please let me know.
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: Comparing how teenagers from across Europe cope with everyday stresses. Visual illusion reveals Karate athletes have enhanced eye movement control. The sad truth about depressive...
- Extras
Other eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: How losing a close friend to cancer affects our own long-term decision making. We use a person's distinctive facial movements to help us recognise them. Does heading the...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: The role of auditory 'mirror neurons' in human empathy. In monkeys, these cells are activated both when a certain action is performed and when the sound of that action is...
- Extras
Other interesting papers that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: Adults with autistic spectrum disorder have reduced grey matter in the area of the brain thought to contain mirror neurons - brain cells that are active both when someone performs...
- The Insula Is Making Headlines!
From a report in The New York Times about the neuroscience of smoking: Scientists Tie Part of Brain to Urge to Smoke By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: January 25, 2007 [snip] The insula, for years a wallflower of brain anatomy, has emerged...