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Brain Stimulation: Learning Method of the 21st Century

Brain Stimulation: A Learning Method for the 21st Century

April 4, 2018April 2, 2018 Amin Kamaleddin 1 Comment Brain, brain stimulation, Consciousness, Decision-making, Free Will, Learning, neuroprosthetics, premotor cortex, stroke

What is happening in the brain when you decide to reach your hand and grasp a cup of coffee early

Brain Basics Did You Know?

Walking the Line: The Complexity of Punishment Decisions

October 1, 2014March 5, 2017 knowingneurons 2 Comments Amygdala, Decision-making, Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex, Medial Prefrontal Cortex, Posterior Cingulate Cortex, Punishment

One night, Mark withdraws $200 cash from an ATM. He is on his way to meet his family, and intends

Brain Basics Neuro News

Oh, Rats! They’ll Regret This.

July 30, 2014March 5, 2017 Anita 0 Comments 2014, A David Redish, Adam P Steiner, Behavioral Neuroscience, Brain, Decision, Decision-making, Food Preference, Nature Neuroscience, Neuroscience, OFC, Orbitofrontal cortex, Regret, Restaurant Row, Reward, Risk, Ventral striatum

We often find ourselves in decision-making dilemmas along the day. For instance, to reach work on time, would you rather

Brain Basics Did You Know? Learning and Memory Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

A Beautiful Mind, A Dysfunctional Synapse

June 5, 2013March 5, 2017 Jillian L. Shaw 3 Comments A Beautiful Mind, Decision-making, Endocytosis, John Forbes Nash Jr., Neuregulin-1, NRG-1, Paranoid schizophrenia, Protein, Recylcing, SNARE, synaptic, synaptic plasticity, Synaptophysin, vesicle

“I felt like I might get divine revelation by seeing a certain number; a great coincidence could be interpreted as

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