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Tag Archives: neuroscience
Neuroscience News: Brain’s “On-Switch” for Imagination Found. Comment: Post TBI, lost imagination. Search site Aphantasia. Quote: So profound a loss “Visual imagination, or “seeing in the mind’s eye,” is a unique function that allows people to relive past events, solve problems and envision the future.”
New research identifies the fusiform imagery node as the essential brain region for visual imagination, providing a biological basis for aphantasia. Credit: Neuroscience News Brain’s “On-Switch” for Imagination Found FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience ·March 3, 2026 Summary: About 3% of people are born … Continue reading
Neuroscience News: High-Speed Eye Tests Detect “Invisible” Brain Injuries
High-Speed Eye Tests Detect “Invisible” Brain Injuries FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience ·March 2, 2026 Summary: Can a single concussion from your youth still affect your brain ten or twenty years later? A new study suggests the answer is yes. Researchers used advanced eye-tracking technology … Continue reading
OCD Brains Work Harder to Stay on Track. Comment: Constant twiddling hair both sides especially during school … OCD made it particularly difficult to adapt to effects of TBI but as the doctors bluff “every brain injury differs from person to person”. Method I use I count to 5 in a batch. Written about in my book “Fortune Favours the Brave” Amazon
OCD Brains Work Harder to Stay on Track FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology ·February 21, 2026 Summary: Getting dressed in the morning seems like a simple sequence, but for those with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), the brain may be working overtime just to keep from “getting … Continue reading
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Neuroscience News: Cannabis Impact on Working Memory
Brain Imaging Study Reveals Cannabis Impact on Working Memory Featured Neuroscience February 16, 2026 Summary: While recent research has suggested potential neuroprotective benefits for older adults, a new study, the largest brain imaging study of its kind, highlights a significant downside … Continue reading
Neuroscience News: Hippocampus Predicts Rewards by Reorganizing Memories
The image of the hippocampus in the public domain. Hippocampus Predicts Rewards by Reorganizing Memories ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience ·January 29, 2026 Summary: A new preclinical study reveals that the hippocampus does more than just store memories; it actively reorganizes them to predict future … Continue reading
No Mind’s Eye … personally delighted to see this article in Nature. Post TBI decades on I came across Professor Zeman, Exeter University who named this condition Aphantasia and I realised that this was a post accident experience for me. I can’t visualise, I can’t imagine, maths are impossible, amnesia … Let’s see what Nature says. I am not a subscriber so the article is short. Those interested can access the link
AI Overview A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can cause a specific, distressing phenomenon often described as the loss of the “mind’s eye,” medically known as acquired aphantasia. This condition is defined by the inability to visualize imagery, recall memories in … Continue reading
The Harvard Gazette: The Cerebellum Takes the Stage, Playing a New Role. Commentary: Fractured skull from horse fall described as brain being shaken and a reason that every brain injury is different. This is fascinating for a person who had aphasia and has brocas.
CalendarNews Kempner Community Search breadcrumb Menu HomeNews The Cerebellum Takes the Stage, Playing a New Role The Cerebellum Takes the Stage, Playing a New Role By Deborah Apsel Lang | January 30, 2026 News Share on XLinkedInFacebookEmail New research from Harvard’s Kempner … Continue reading
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Neuroscience.com: Hippocampus Predicts Rewards by Reorganizing Memories
The image of the hippocampus in the public domain. Hippocampus Predicts Rewards by Reorganizing Memories ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience ·January 29, 2026 Summary: A new preclinical study reveals that the hippocampus does more than just store memories; it actively reorganizes them to predict future … Continue reading
Memory Rewritten: Study Finds No Clear Line Between Episodic and Semantic Retrieval
The image is credited to Neuroscience News. Memory Rewritten: Study Finds No Clear Line Between Episodic and Semantic Retrieval Featured Neuroscience Psychology ·January 27, 2026 Summary: A new study into how different parts of memory work in the brain has shown … Continue reading
Big Think: Memorizing London’s 25,000 streets changes cabbies’ brains — and may prevent Alzheimer’s. Comment: Came across Professor Eleanor Maguire’s involvement in this research. I wrote to her because of the difficulties I had with spatial post TBI, she replied. Sadly only in her fifties, she passed away. Quote: This supports the theory that the brain is not so much a bucket to be filled, but a muscle to be trained.
Memorizing London’s 25,000 streets changes cabbies’ brains — and may prevent Alzheimer’s One of the toughest vocational exams in the world requires candidates to memorize 25,000 streets in an area five times the size of Manhattan. Big Think Jan 27, … Continue reading
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