Memory/Cognitive Processes

Columbia research demonstrates that the brain's primitive sensory region also participates in sophisticated learningCredit: Bruno lab/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK -- Columbia neuroscientists have revealed that a simple…

Research published in Heliyon finds that linguistic pattern analysis of testimony can lead to more impartial investigations and accurate diagnoses of PTSD in cases of child sexual abuse London, February 19, 2019 Age and post-traumatic…

Four university assistant professors are among the 126 early-career scholars named as Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellows this year PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Four Brown University assistant professors earned research fellowships from the Alfred…

It's mid-February, around the time that most people waver in their commitment to the resolutions they've made for the new year. Many of these resolutions - whether it's to spend less time looking at screens, eat more vegetables, or save…

MINNEAPOLIS - People who have chronic inflammation in middle-age may develop problems with thinking and memory in the decades leading up to old age, according to a new study published in the February 13, 2019, online issue of Neurology®,…

Credit: RIKEN The neural 'time windows' in certain small brain areas contribute to the complex cognitive symptoms of autism, new research suggests. In a brain imaging study of adults, the severity of autistic symptoms was linked to how…

Scientists prove difference between expected/actual outcomes cause reward responseCredit: Ben Gold If you love it when a musician strikes that unexpected but perfect chord, you are not alone. New research shows the musically unexpected…

But study suggests higher education might counter effects of milder hearing impairment Hearing impairment is a common consequence of advancing age. Almost three-quarters of U.S. adults age 70 and older suffer from some degree of hearing…

Findings refute common assumptions that depressed children who express suicidal ideation have a 'less mature' understanding of deathCredit: Elsevier Washington, DC, February 12, 2019 -- Four- to six-year-old children who express suicidal…

Credit: Pexels Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Imperial College London and the University of Tokyo have demonstrated that physical coordination is more beneficial in larger groups. The researchers used robotic interfaces…