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The process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
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JUN 21, 2015Neuroscience
If researchers at Monash University in Australia are right, there are physical reasons why some people exhibit certain k ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 17, 2015Neuroscience
How can society rehabilitate criminals? How does that change when the criminals have psychopathic tendencies? How can we ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 11, 2015Neuroscience
It's not the amount of stress people have but how they handle it. Researchers at Penn State say that acting positively w ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 08, 2015Neuroscience
How do we learn? Why do we get frustrated?
Stem cells that make new neurons could help to clarify and fight l ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 05, 2015Neuroscience
How well do people really remember faces, and can technology actually prove that they do? What implications can these co ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJUN 03, 2015Plants & Animals
Do microwave dinners signal the devolution of our species? Okay, that's a stretch, but a recent study leads researchers ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 26, 2015Neuroscience
There's good fat, and then there's really good fat.
Two separate studies have pointed to the key role played ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 23, 2015Neuroscience
Do you remember how nervous you were on your first date? Did you take a shot of alcohol to overcome the anxiety or did y ...Written By: Kareem HeslopMAY 19, 2015Neuroscience
Concussion, a mild traumatic brain injury caused by a direct jolt or blow to the head or a hit to the body that causes t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 18, 2015Neuroscience
In the course of his neurocriminology research, Adrian Raine of the University of Pennsylvania investigates the interpla ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 15, 2015Videos
This is a very rough approximation of the marshmallow test conducted by Walter Mischel and associates at Stanford Univer ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 15, 2015Neuroscience
Consider the insurance salesman. She or he must overcome the preference in most people for immediate positive reinforcem ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 13, 2015Neuroscience
While the consequences of brain damage can be dire, one kind of language loss may not necessarily affect another. Specif ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 12, 2015Neuroscience
The surprising results of a new study on children's understanding could have significant implications from education to ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 10, 2015Neuroscience
You'd be justified in having some skepticism about a study citing the benefits of chocolate that is sponsored by Hershey ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 09, 2015Videos
One U.S. military veteran with Traumatic Brain Injury seeks to relieve his symptoms using cognitive rehabilitation thera ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 09, 2015Neuroscience
Images of soccer moms shuttling kids around in minivans could one day be as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. Concus ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 08, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Do you cringe at the sight of a snake or panic at the top of a roller coaster. Maybe it's in the genes.
An ar ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 06, 2015Neuroscience
When influencing prosthetic limb movement, finding the appropriate brain signal to determine when a decision is finalize ...Written By: Will HectorMAY 05, 2015Neuroscience
Women "of a certain age" worry that fuzzy thinking - the inability to remember or focus - may be a symptom of Alzheimer' ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAY 01, 2015Neuroscience
A study published in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine and funded by the Meningitis Research Foundation indicates that c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Researchers pursuing a fresh approach for staving off Alzheimer's disease may have hit on something.
They hav ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Everybody wants to find a cure for Alzheimer's. When something looks good, people are likely to get very excited.
< ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 29, 2015Neuroscience
Some experiences get seared into memory so completely that we never forget them. Think survival-level events, or the ext ...Written By: Will Hector
JUN 21, 2015
Neuroscience
If researchers at Monash University in Australia are right, there are physical reasons why some people exhibit certain k
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 17, 2015
Neuroscience
How can society rehabilitate criminals? How does that change when the criminals have psychopathic tendencies? How can we
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 11, 2015
Neuroscience
It's not the amount of stress people have but how they handle it. Researchers at Penn State say that acting positively w
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 08, 2015
Neuroscience
How do we learn? Why do we get frustrated?
Stem cells that make new neurons could help to clarify and fight l ...
Stem cells that make new neurons could help to clarify and fight l ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 05, 2015
Neuroscience
How well do people really remember faces, and can technology actually prove that they do? What implications can these co
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JUN 03, 2015
Plants & Animals
Do microwave dinners signal the devolution of our species? Okay, that's a stretch, but a recent study leads researchers
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 26, 2015
Neuroscience
There's good fat, and then there's really good fat.
Two separate studies have pointed to the key role played ...
Two separate studies have pointed to the key role played ...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 23, 2015
Neuroscience
Do you remember how nervous you were on your first date? Did you take a shot of alcohol to overcome the anxiety or did y
...
Written By:
Kareem Heslop
MAY 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Concussion, a mild traumatic brain injury caused by a direct jolt or blow to the head or a hit to the body that causes t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 18, 2015
Neuroscience
In the course of his neurocriminology research, Adrian Raine of the University of Pennsylvania investigates the interpla
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 15, 2015
Videos
This is a very rough approximation of the marshmallow test conducted by Walter Mischel and associates at Stanford Univer
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 15, 2015
Neuroscience
Consider the insurance salesman. She or he must overcome the preference in most people for immediate positive reinforcem
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 13, 2015
Neuroscience
While the consequences of brain damage can be dire, one kind of language loss may not necessarily affect another. Specif
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 12, 2015
Neuroscience
The surprising results of a new study on children's understanding could have significant implications from education to
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 10, 2015
Neuroscience
You'd be justified in having some skepticism about a study citing the benefits of chocolate that is sponsored by Hershey
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 09, 2015
Videos
One U.S. military veteran with Traumatic Brain Injury seeks to relieve his symptoms using cognitive rehabilitation thera
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 09, 2015
Neuroscience
Images of soccer moms shuttling kids around in minivans could one day be as quaint as a Norman Rockwell painting. Concus
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 08, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Do you cringe at the sight of a snake or panic at the top of a roller coaster. Maybe it's in the genes.
An ar ...
An ar ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 06, 2015
Neuroscience
When influencing prosthetic limb movement, finding the appropriate brain signal to determine when a decision is finalize
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 05, 2015
Neuroscience
Women "of a certain age" worry that fuzzy thinking - the inability to remember or focus - may be a symptom of Alzheimer'
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 01, 2015
Neuroscience
A study published in Paediatric Critical Care Medicine and funded by the Meningitis Research Foundation indicates that c
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers pursuing a fresh approach for staving off Alzheimer's disease may have hit on something.
They hav ...
They hav ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Everybody wants to find a cure for Alzheimer's. When something looks good, people are likely to get very excited.
< ...
< ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Some experiences get seared into memory so completely that we never forget them. Think survival-level events, or the ext
...
Written By:
Will Hector