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Neuroscience News.com: How the Brain Processes Visual Information

Posted on December 21, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Targeted or Broadcast? How the Brain Processes Visual Information Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience ·December 17, 2024 Summary: Researchers have uncovered how visual information is processed across the brain’s complex and flexible networks. One study showed visual signals are selectively targeted or … Continue reading →

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Broca’s Aphasia explained. Previous article in Nature is about how science is progressing. Experienced Brocas as a result of TBI – this sums up the frustration in trying to speak with people “It takes a lot of effort to say a complete sentence so you may remove certain words to make it easier.” So that people understand Brocas, we will look at what the Cleveland Clinic has to say. There is one positive point to Brocas, you become a good listener.

Posted on December 17, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Home/ Health Library/ Diseases & Conditions/ Broca’s Aphasia Broca’s Aphasia Broca’s aphasia is a language disorder that affects communication. You know what to say but have trouble speaking. It takes a lot of effort to say a complete sentence so … Continue reading →

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Nature: Brain’s language region seen in unprecedented detail. (TBI explained to me as “everything inside the protective skull is shaken especially if horseriding”). Brocas is one of the most difficult impediments because it is silent to the outsider world other than people find it difficult to understand your construction of sentences to fact and meaning.

Posted on December 17, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

24 October 2023 Brain’s language region seen in unprecedented detail A new cellular atlas of Broca’s area will help studying how speech is produced and understood. Marta Paterlini Twitter  Facebook  Email Leggi in italiano An international research team has created … Continue reading →

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Brain-Wide Connections Predict Human Intelligence

Posted on December 13, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Brain-Wide Connections Predict Human Intelligence FeaturedNeuroscience ·December 11, 2024 Summary: A recent study explores how connections across the entire brain predict human intelligence, moving beyond traditional focus on specific brain areas like the prefrontal cortex. Using fMRI data from over 800 … Continue reading →

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Picower Institute for Learning and Memory (MIT). Commernt: post TBI 30 yrs on, I can identify with this; it seems like agoraphobia entrenched in fear. “Neurons represent individual locations, but together they don’t form a map. But on day 5 they form a map. If you want a map, you need all these neurons to work together in a coordinated ensemble.”

Posted on December 12, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

News All In the media Newsletter e-Newsletter Research Browser December 10, 2024 Research Findings Study suggests how the brain, with sleep, learns meaningful maps of spaces Place cells are well known to encode individual locations, but new experiments and analysis … Continue reading →

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Why Fidgeting Bothers Some People

Posted on December 10, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Why Fidgeting Bothers Some People FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology ·December 7, 2024 Summary: Misokinesia, affecting about one-third of individuals, is an aversion to repetitive bodily movements like fidgeting, causing emotional, cognitive, and physical distress. New research explores its impact on daily life, relationships, and … Continue reading →

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Neuroscience News: Brain’s “Traffic Controllers” Hold Key to Learning and Memory

Posted on November 28, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Brain’s “Traffic Controllers” Hold Key to Learning and Memory FeaturedNeuroscience November 27, 2024 Summary: A new study reveals how interneurons, brain cells that regulate the firing of other neurons, act as traffic controllers in the hippocampus, a region critical for learning … Continue reading →

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New Atlas: Binge drinking as a young adult causes permanent brain damage decades on

Posted on November 25, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Alzheimer’s & Dementia Binge drinking as a young adult causes permanent brain damage decades on By Bronwyn Thompson November 22, 2024 Facebook Twitter Flipboard LinkedIn While it may be too late to prevent binge drinking for many of us, this discovery … Continue reading →

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Neuroscience News: Brain Circuits for Spatial Memory and Navigation Identified

Posted on November 16, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Brain Circuits for Spatial Memory and Navigation Identified FeaturedNeuroscience ·November 15, 2024 Summary: Researchers have identified two neural circuits in the retrosplenial cortex (RSC) that are critical for spatial navigation and memory storage. The M2-projecting pathway links spatial thought to action, … Continue reading →

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Astrocytes’ Role in Memory Storage and Recall Uncovered

Posted on November 10, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Astrocytes’ Role in Memory Storage and Recall Uncovered FeaturedNeuroscience November 6, 2024 Summary: Astrocytes, non-neuronal brain cells, have been shown to work alongside neurons to store and recall memories, reshaping our understanding of memory mechanisms. Researchers found that specific astrocytes express … Continue reading →

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