Posts Tagged ‘Cerebral Cortex’
Forget thinking vs. feeling dichotomy. Think/ feel holistic brain functioning
Mental Math and the Fine-Tuning of Emotions (The Dana Foundation) “You often hear the word “calculating” used to describe someone who always seems to act deliberately, guided by reason rather than emotion. The idea behind this characterization is that human nature straddles a deep divide between thinking and feeling, but current research suggests otherwise. Brain-imaging studies,…
Read MoreA new era of brain cartography, powered by neuroimaging and machine learning
Human brain mapped in unprecedented detail (Nature): “Think of a spinning globe and the patchwork of countries it depicts: such maps help us to understand where we are, and that nations differ from one another. Now, neuroscientists have charted an equivalent map of the brain’s outermost layer — the cerebral cortex — subdividing each hemisphere’s…
Read MoreBrain teaser to exercise your cognitive skills: Where do words go?
Words are stored in the temporal lobe of your brain (in green on the cerebral cortex image to the right). But on which brain hemisphere, right or left? As you know, your brain has two sides (two hemispheres) connected by the corpus callosum. You have one temporal lobe on each side of the brain. If you…
Read MoreMaster a new language and grow hippocampus and cerebral cortex
Learning New Languages Helps The Brain Grow (Medical News): “The learning of languages allows the brain to stay “in shape”, by causing certain parts of the brain to grow, including the hippocampus and three areas of the cerebral cortex…This finding came from scientists at Lund University, after examining young recruits with a talent for acquiring languages…
Read MoreAttention: Why do SuperAgers Maintain Memory and a Thick Cortex?
Are brain aging and cognitive decline ineluctable? Maybe not. Growing research is helping identify “SuperAgers” whose brains at 80+ appear as young as the brains of people in their 50s. What the latest SuperAgers study found In a recent paper, researchers defined SuperAgers as people over 80 whose memory performance was at least as good as average 50- to…
Read MoreBrain Study Links Emotional Self-Regulation and Math Performance
Brain Study Points to Potential Treatments for Math Anxiety (Education Week): “The study, published this morning in the journal Cerebral Cortex, is a continuation of work on highly math-anxious people being conducted by Sian L. Beilock, associate psychology professor at the University of Chicago, and doctoral candidate Ian M. Lyons. In prior research, Beilock has found…
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