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Neuroscientists can read brain activity to predict decisions 11 seconds before people act
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In a study published this week in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers in Australia were able to predict basic choices participants made 11 seconds before they consciously declared their decisions.
- Gut Branches of the Vagus Nerve Are Essential Components of the Brain’s Reward and Motivation System [permalink]
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“Hyperscans” Show How Brains Sync as People Interact
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The evidence is growing, says psychiatrist and social neuroscientist Leonhard Schilbach of the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, that “social cognition is fundamentally different when you’re directly engaged with another person as opposed to observing another person.
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20 Minute Contact with Nature Reduces Stress Hormone Cortisol
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Taking at least twenty minutes out of your day to stroll or sit in a place that makes you feel in contact with nature will significantly lower your stress hormone levels. That’s the finding of a study that has established for the first time the most effective dose of an urban nature experience.
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A Brain Motivated to Play: Insights into the Neurobiology of Playfulness
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There is ample evidence that engaging in play as a juvenile leads to an adult that is better able to navigate an ever-changing social, emotional, and cognitive landscape (Vanderschuren & Trezza, 2014)
- Stress-related hormone cortisol lowers significantly after just 45 minutes of art creation [permalink]
- Science Has Just Confirmed That If You're Not Outside Your Comfort Zone, You're Not Learning [permalink]
- Learning New Vocabulary During Deep Sleep [permalink]
- What Cirque du Soleil can tell us about the neuroscience of awe [permalink]
- Need to remember something? Draw it [permalink]