LearningRx1 brain | http://www.learningrx.org - Part 27

Researchers find decision-making region of brain

Dec 15, 2013 by

Researchers from Canada have discovered that the lateral habenula is the region of the brain that makes cost-benefit decisions. The lateral habenula is one of the smallest regions of the brain and, by evolutionary terms, one of the oldest....

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Genes express differently in the male and female brain – including autism...

Dec 13, 2013 by

A study of 12 regions of post-mortem brains showed that genes express differently in men and women. The differences involved 2.5 percent of all the genes expressed in the brain. One gene in particular, NRXN3, which is linked to...

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Self-reflection during depression increases brain activity

Dec 9, 2013 by

People who think about themselves during a depressive episode have increased brain activity compared to those who aren’t depressed....

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Non-verbal learning disability looks different than autism in brain...

Dec 5, 2013 by

Researchers have discovered evidence that the brains of children with NVLD actually develop differently than other children, even those with HFA....

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Banned chemical still affecting seniors’ cognition 30 years later...

Dec 2, 2013 by

In 1979, PCBs were banned in the U.S., but its effects are still showing up in seniors in the form of lower cognitive performance....

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E-readers make reading easier for dyslexics

Oct 23, 2013 by

A team from the Smithsonian have found that when e-readers are programmed to only show a few words of text per line, some people with dyslexia can read the text faster, more easily and with greater comprehension....

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