Poor Sleep Is Linked to Weaker Memory in Black Adults, and Discrimination May Play a Role
A new experimental study finds that poorer sleep quality is associated with weaker episodic memory retention in Black adults but ...
Tag: cognitive control
Brain Signals of Stopping Are Shaped by Task History and Timing, EEG Study Reveals
A new EEG study shows that stop signal delays and local trial sequences systematically shape the N2 and P3 brain ...
How Easily a Word Sparks a Mental Image Shapes How Bilinguals Switch Languages
A new study of Chinese–English bilinguals shows that how easily a word evokes a mental image determines whether language switching ...
Value Shapes How Young and Older Brains Prioritize Meaningful Sentences
New ERP research shows that value cues enhance message-level integration during sentence comprehension in both young and older adults, while ...
Brain scanner reveals hidden differences in how bilingual minds control language
A new review argues that magnetoencephalography reveals hidden bilingualism-related differences in brain timing, oscillations, and network organization that behavior alone ...
Mysterious Brain Structure Revealed as a Hub for Tracking Uncertainty and Surprise
Single-neuron recordings in epilepsy patients show that the enigmatic human claustrum encodes uncertainty and prediction errors during aversive learning, revealing ...
Anxiety in the Moment Pushes Low-Trait Anxious Minds Off Easy Tasks
New research shows that temporary anxiety reduces task engagement in people with low trait anxiety, while those with higher trait ...
Response Times Expose Hidden Brain Mechanisms Behind Learning and Mental Illness
By jointly modeling response times alongside choices, researchers disentangled working memory, cognitive control and reinforcement learning, and uncovered schizophrenia deficits ...
Full Stomachs Fail to Distract Overweight Brains From High-Calorie Foods
New experiments show that satiety suppresses attentional capture by high-calorie foods in lean individuals but fails to do so in ...
Eye Movements Expose Hidden Executive Decline in Late-Life Depression
A Taiwanese eye-tracking study found that older adults with late-life depression make more anti-saccade errors and show weaker voluntary inhibitory ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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