Memory/Cognitive Processes

Published in Psychological Medicine, the research used fMRI scans to examine the brain activity of 13 people with a diagnosis of psychosis under the influence of a single dose of CBD or placebo and 16 controls whilst they were undertaking…

New UMass Amherst study found military members with serious brain injuries are at greater riskCredit: UMass Amherst U.S. combat soldiers who suffered a moderate or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) are more likely than…

Social factors do not explain how they are connected, new research showsCredit: Concordia University There is a long-established and widely recognized link between declines in sensory acuity -- particularly hearing and vision -- and…

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA An artificial neural network has identified a square structure within a triangular one in a crater on the dwarf planet Ceres, with several people agreeing on this perception. The result of this…

Socioeconomic status exacerbates effects Research has shown that children who are born at a low birthweight are less likely to do well in school and more likely to live in lower-income neighborhoods as adults. A new study of twins looked…

Academic achievement plays an important role in children's development because academic skills, especially in reading and math, affect many outcomes, including educational attainment, performance and income at work, health, and longevity.…

Men and women approach the task differently but get the same resultCredit: Diarmuid Greene, TrueMedia Men are not better than women at spatial cognition - such as map reading - is the principal finding from ground-breaking work by…

A study of the IMT School Studies Lucca describes how affective states are mapped in the brainCredit: Luca Cecchetti, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca The entire set of our emotions is topographically represented in a small region of…

Credit: RIKEN A sustained state of vigilance will generate a different type of memory than a momentary startle, and these differences are linked to distinct signaling molecules in the brains of mice. Researchers at the RIKEN Center for…

Credit: University of Miami Health System A study funded by the Veterans Administration and directed by researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has shown few differences in the profiles of genes that…