Our brains get a first impression of people’s overriding social signals after seeing their faces for only 100 milliseconds (0.1 seconds). Whether this impression is correct, however, is another question. Now an international group of experts has carried out an in-depth study into how we process emotional expressions, looking at the pattern of cerebral asymmetry in the perception of positive and negative facial signals. [continue reading…]
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Chinese researchers have unlocked the mechanism of an emerging mind-body technique that produces measurable changes in attention and stress reduction in just five days of practice.
The practice — integrative body-mind training (IBMT) — was adapted from traditional Chinese medicine in the 1990s in China, where it is practiced by thousands of people. It is now being taught to undergraduates involved in research on the method at the University of Oregon. [continue reading…]
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When it comes to memory performance, the brain compensates with age, according to a new study.
Conducted by Swinburne University of Technology PhD student, Helen Macpherson, the study investigated age-associated brain activity while performing memory tasks with varying levels of difficulty.
It compared the results of male participants aged 59-67 with male participants aged 20-30. [continue reading…]
One brain trait may be a marker of vulnerability to depression. Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports. The CNN video is preceded by a brief commercial.
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