Behavior News
May 16, 2024
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May 13, 2024 The human brain filters through a flood of experiences to create specific memories. Why do some of the experiences in this deluge of sensory information become 'memorable,' while most are discarded by the brain? A computational model and behavioral ...
May 8, 2024 Adolescents who view their households as more unstructured, disorganized, or hectic than their siblings develop more mental health and behavioral problems in early adulthood, according to new ...
May 1, 2024 During sleep, the brain weakens the new connections between neurons that had been forged while awake -- but only during the first half of a night's sleep, according to a new ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Are mice clever enough to be strategic? A neuroscientist who studies learning in humans and animals, and who has long worked with mice, wondered why rodents often performed poorly in tests when they knew how to perform well. With a simple ...
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May 10, 2024 Researchers have shed new light on the changes in metabolism that occur between birth and the presentation of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) later in childhood. The researchers discovered that a ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers have discovered in a preclinical model that cytokines, proteins that control immune response, circulating in maternal blood during ...
Apr. 11, 2024 Researchers have discovered the neural circuitry in the spinal cord that allows brain-independent motor learning. The study found two critical groups of spinal cord neurons, one necessary for new ...
Apr. 23, 2024 A team of researchers found that long-tie connections accelerate the speed of social ...
Apr. 18, 2024 Researchers have uncovered a mechanism in the brain that allows cocaine and morphine to take over natural reward processing ...
Apr. 18, 2024 Superior decision-making in sports such as soccer could come down to the process of inhibiting a motor response, according to a new ...
Apr. 5, 2024 The sense of smell is highly influenced by the cues from other senses, while the sense of sight and hearing are affected to a much lesser extent, shows a new ...
Apr. 4, 2024 It may be possible to change the purchasing behavior of consumers noticeably using some simple strategies. At least this is what a new study indicates. The researchers investigated the effect of ...
Apr. 4, 2024 Researchers make the case that prairie voles, small rodents that are found throughout the central United States and Canada, can be effectively used as animal models to further the study of clinical ...
Apr. 3, 2024 A new study reveals how large language models (LLMs) respond to different motivational states. In their evaluation of three LLM-based generative conversational agents (GAs)--ChatGPT, Google Bard, and ...
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Apr. 30, 2024 An undergraduate student turns her honor's thesis into a peer-reviewed publication on schizophrenia ...
Mar. 27, 2024 An empirical longitudinal study tracked the emergence of empathic concern in ...
Mar. 26, 2024 The International Brain pH Project Consortium unveils groundbreaking findings in a large-scale animal model study, indicating altered brain pH and lactate levels as a transdiagnostic endophenotype in ...
Mar. 21, 2024 A researcher has developed a new model that provides a holistic view on how our brain manages to learn quickly and forms stable, long-lasting memories. Their study sheds light on the crucial role of ...
Mar. 19, 2024 A new study shows how neurochemicals can influence blood vessels. The findings may change how researchers interpret results from functional magnetic resonance imaging ...
Mar. 15, 2024 The MYCN oncoprotein plays a key role in starting, advancing and making it difficult to treat various human cancers. When MYCN is overactive, especially in high-risk neuroblastoma, the tumors become ...
Mar. 15, 2024 Scientists tested several hypotheses on the drivers of social aging in free-living Assamese macaques in Thailand. The researchers collected data on the social behavior of females for eight years and ...
Mar. 15, 2024 Researchers show that non-invasive brain stimulation can change a specific brain mechanism that is directly related to human ...
Mar. 15, 2024 Hunger can drive a motivational state that leads an animal to a successful pursuit of a goal -- foraging for and finding food. In a highly novel study, researchers describe how two major neuronal ...
Mar. 14, 2024 Researchers have discovered that some fish -- unlike humans -- do not need orexin to stay awake. This molecule was thought to be necessary for normal wake and sleep rhythms in vertebrates. Humans ...
Mar. 14, 2024 Employers who have introduced team-based rewards systems to foster creativity, collaboration, productivity and sales may want to look again at a system that new research shows can create an ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Spending quality time with dogs reduces stress and increases the power of brain waves associated with relaxation and concentration, according to a new ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Researchers have discovered that symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are tied to atypical interactions between the brain's frontal cortex and information processing ...
Mar. 6, 2024 A new tool captures data from an unprecedented 1 million neurons simultaneously, painting a much fuller picture of brain ...
Mar. 5, 2024 Although several studies have linked smoking during pregnancy with neurodevelopmental disorders, the results of behavioral experiments in mice prenatally exposed to nicotine have been inconsistent. ...
Feb. 29, 2024 A new paper examines the possible effects of two properties of receiver playing fields documented in studies of animal psychology -- habituation and neural adaptation -- on the efficacy of mate ...
Feb. 28, 2024 New research provides new insights into the brain processes underlying cocaine addiction. The findings are crucial for developing new therapeutics and identifying an imaging marker for cocaine use ...
Feb. 27, 2024 In a new perspective article, researchers underscore the importance of integrating environmental effects into genetic research. The authors discuss how failure to do so can perpetuate deterministic ...
Feb. 26, 2024 A new study found Kundalini yoga provided several benefits to cognition and memory for older women at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease including restoring neural pathways, preventing brain ...
Feb. 22, 2024 Quick-acting targeted therapies with minimal side effects are an urgent need for the treatment of anxiety-related disorders. While delta opioid receptor (DOP) agonists have shown ...
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- Researchers Identify a Signaling Molecule in Neuroblastoma Immunosuppression and Aggressiveness
- Less Social With Age
- New Study Reveals Breakthrough in Understanding Brain Stimulation Therapies
- How the Brain Translates Motivation Into Goal-Oriented Behavior, According to New Study
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- Sleep-Wake Rhythm: Fish Change Our Understanding of Sleep Regulation
- New Study Reveals Unintended Ethical Faultline in Team-Based Reward Systems
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Interactions With Dogs Can Increase Brainwaves Associated With Stress Relief and Heightened Concentration
- Researchers Identify Brain Connections Associated With ADHD in Youth
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- Artificial Intelligence Recognizes Patterns in Behaviour
- 'Movies' With Color and Music Visualize Brain Activity Data in Beautiful Detail
Monday, February 19, 2024
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- Live from the Brain: Visual Cues Inform Decision to Cooperate
- New Algorithm Disentangles Intrinsic Brain Patterns from Sensory Inputs
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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- Researchers Are One Step Closer to Diagnosing CTE During Life, Rather Than After Death
- How the Brain's Internal Compass Guides the Body
- Stress Influences Brain and Psyche Via Immune System
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- Understanding the Neuroendocrine Basis for Social Anxiety-Like Behavior in Male Mice
- Love Scrambles the Brain and Scientists Can Now Tell Us Why
Monday, January 8, 2024
- Scientists Give New Insight Into a Molecular Target of Alcohol
- Putting Your Toddler in Front of the TV? You Might Hurt Their Ability to Process the World Around Them, New Data Suggests
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
- Genetic Variants Underlying Male Bisexual Behavior, Risk-Taking Linked to More Children, Study Shows
- Human Beliefs About Drugs Could Have Dose-Dependent Effects on the Brain
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- Deep Neural Networks Show Promise as Models of Human Hearing
- Traces of Trauma in the Young Brain -- And How to Erase Them
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- Researchers Develop New Brain Network Modeling Tools to Advance Alzheimer's Disease Research
- Combined Use of Alcohol and THC Can Affect Rat Brains, Study Finds
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
- Brittle Stars Can Learn Just Fine -- Even Without a Brain
- Pulling an All-Nighter? Don't Follow With an Important Decision
- Fighting Fruit Flies Help Researchers Understand Why We Stay Angry
- Psychological Science Can Help Counter Spread of Misinformation
Monday, November 27, 2023
- Scientist Discovers Potential Brain Link Between Stress, Emotional Eating
- Extra Practice Blending Letter Sounds Helps Struggling Readers
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- Researchers Identify Brain Center Responsible for Responses to Rapid Temperature Change
- Hunger Hormones Impact Decision-Making Brain Area to Drive Behavior
- High Levels of Maternal Stress During Pregnancy Linked to Children's Behavior Problems
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
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- Hormonal Contraceptives in Teens May Alter Risk Assessment, Rat Study Suggests
- Early-Life Stress Changes More Genes in Brain Than a Head Injury
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
- Connectivity Scans Could Serve as Brain 'blueprints' For Adolescents, Researchers Find
- Why We Don't All Develop Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After Trauma
Monday, November 6, 2023
- Location of Strong Sense of Discomfort in Brain Found
- First Wireless Map of Worm's Nervous System Revealed
Thursday, November 2, 2023
- One Sleepless Night Can Rapidly Reverse Depression for Several Days
- New Clues to the Mechanism Behind Treatment-Resistant Depression
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- Perception--but Not Expectation--of Reward Is Altered in People With Cocaine Addiction
- Can AI Grasp Related Concepts After Learning Only One?
Monday, October 23, 2023
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- Does Suspending Kids from School Harm Their Grades and Health?
- For Relationship Maintenance, Accurate Perception of Partner's Behavior Is Key
Thursday, October 19, 2023
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- Scientists Unveil Detailed Cell Maps of the Human Brain and the Nonhuman Primate Brain
- Honey Bees May Inherit Altruistic Behavior from Their Mothers
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- Vision in the Brain: Hardwired for Action
- Protein P53 Regulates Learning, Memory, Sociability in Mice
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
- Saturated Fat May Interfere With Creating Memories in Aged Brain
- Study Shows How a Single Neuron's Parallel Outputs Can Coordinate Many Aspects of Behavior
- When Needs Compete, Love Trumps Thirst
- One-Hour Training Is All You Need to Control a Third Robotic Arm, Study Finds