Neuroscience
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight:
'Spot the book' and 'Spot the country' - new tests for estimating people's IQ prior to brain-related illness or injury.
The brains of men and women differ in how they respond to images of sexual and emotional infidelity.
Predicting which students will have drink problems based on psychological tests of mental control.
What is it like to discover you have mental deficits after suffering a brain injury?
Using transcranial magnetic stimulation to improve memory function in older adults. (open access).
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Psychodynamic psychotherapy for children and adolescents: a critical review of the evidence base. [open access] Why men and women dehumanize sexually objectified women. "According to our findings,...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: The effect of pregnancy on memory. How close are we to detecting lies using functional brain imaging? (See earlier). Older people define themselves through more positive memories than do university...
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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...
- Face-recognition Problems More Common Than Previously Thought
Problems recognising faces, brought on by brain injury, could be more prevalent than previously thought. That’s according to Tim Valentine and colleagues who argue there’s been an over-reliance on ‘pure’ cases, and that “it is easy to dismiss...
- Neuropsychology Abstract Of The Day: Assessment Of Social Cognition In Tbi
An active area of test development and research in contemporary clinical neuropsychology: Social Cognition Impairments in Relation to General Cognitive Deficits, Injury Severity and Prefrontal Lesions in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients. Journal of Neurotrauma....
Neuroscience
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight:'Spot the book' and 'Spot the country' - new tests for estimating people's IQ prior to brain-related illness or injury.
The brains of men and women differ in how they respond to images of sexual and emotional infidelity.
Predicting which students will have drink problems based on psychological tests of mental control.
What is it like to discover you have mental deficits after suffering a brain injury?
Using transcranial magnetic stimulation to improve memory function in older adults. (open access).
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Psychodynamic psychotherapy for children and adolescents: a critical review of the evidence base. [open access] Why men and women dehumanize sexually objectified women. "According to our findings,...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: The effect of pregnancy on memory. How close are we to detecting lies using functional brain imaging? (See earlier). Older people define themselves through more positive memories than do university...
- 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...
- Face-recognition Problems More Common Than Previously Thought
Problems recognising faces, brought on by brain injury, could be more prevalent than previously thought. That’s according to Tim Valentine and colleagues who argue there’s been an over-reliance on ‘pure’ cases, and that “it is easy to dismiss...
- Neuropsychology Abstract Of The Day: Assessment Of Social Cognition In Tbi
An active area of test development and research in contemporary clinical neuropsychology: Social Cognition Impairments in Relation to General Cognitive Deficits, Injury Severity and Prefrontal Lesions in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients. Journal of Neurotrauma....