Neuroscience
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The Nuntius Nuclei: A New Neuroscience for Curiosity
The Nuntius Nuclei: A New Neuroscience for Curiosity By Richard Hill Members download the full article: ...
The Dimensional Systems Model
The Dimensional Systems Model explains higher cortical functions on the basis of cortical columns that serve as the basic information unit. Although the original theory was developed in 1984, it was considered too speculative and untestable by peer reviewers. However,...
The Psychotherapist’s Essential Guide to the Brain
The Psychotherapist's Essential Guide to the Brain is a 147-page, full-colour illustrated guide for psychotherapists describing the most relevant brain science for today's mental health professionals. Taken from the best of the series published in The...
Love hormone is released during crises
When you notice your partner is less interested than you are, your brain may send out a hormone that can help you fix the relationship.
Cell number determines structure of neural maps
Frankfurt researchers find a simple explanation for the typical patterns of nerve cells inside neural maps.
Link Discovered between Immune System, Brain Structure and Memory
In two independent studies, scientists at the University of Basel have demonstrated that both the structure of the brain and several memory functions are linked to immune system genes. The scientific journals Nature Communications and Nature Human Behaviour have published the results of the research.
The Psychotherapist’s Essential Guide To The Brain – Memory
Members Download Article: All through our lives we are on an insatiable learning quest that we call memory. We continually store information, either consciously or unconsciously, and draw on that learning to be animated and have a sense of who we...
The Neuroscience of War
Download Article: As the Middle East rages with war and terrorism, one can only be awed by the magnitude of the conflict, the degree of the calamity that is taking place there, and its effect on the children. Millions of children in the region...
Structural Alterations in the Corpus Callosum Are Associated with Suicidal Behavior in Women with Borderline Personality Disorder
A new study in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience suggests that there is a correlation between borderline personality disorder (BPD) and structural alterations in the corpus callosum (CC - the largest white matter tract in the human brain that functionally connects...
Orange essential oil may help alleviate post-traumatic stress disorder
About 8 percent of people will develop post-traumatic stress disorder at some point in their lives, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, yet treatments for this debilitating condition remain limited. In a new study, mice exposed to orange essential...