Researchers are trying to understand the mechanisms at work in the face area of the brain called the "fusiform gyrus" by combining cognitive psychology with techniques like brain imaging and electrophysiology. This research may help business executives better match names with faces, and can lead to better facial recognition software to identify terrorists or criminals.
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July 29, 2010
Can’t place that face?
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June 25, 2010
Neural Mechanisms Of Courage
A fascinating new study combines snakes with brain imaging in order to uncover neural mechanisms associated with "courage...
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June 24, 2010
February 25, 2010
A Tale of Two Studies: Voxel-Based Lesion-Symptom Mapping
Brain imaging has contributed greatly to our understanding of the functional neuroataomy of the human brain. A lot these contributions have been blogged about by my bestest buddy Neuroskeptic (why don't you return my phone calls anymore!?). One of the more popular methods used to capture brain function is the functional magnetic resonance (fMRI). However, the results of fMRI studie
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February 5, 2010
Anorexia and Brain Imaging
Recent multiple brain imaging studies of patients with restricting-type anorexia nervosa (AN) reveal neurocircuit dysregulation and may help clarify the disorder's confounding symptoms.
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January 25, 2010
I'm not lying: Brain stimulation boosts people's deception skills
There's been so much excitement and hyperbole surrounding the promise of brain imaging as a lie detection technique, but what about the needs of the cads, thieves and vagabonds of this world? Has contemporary cognitive neuroscience nothing to offer them? It has now. In an exciting new development for fibbers everywhere, Ahmed Karim and his team have shown that the application of transcranial dire
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January 19, 2010
This aspirin is dictatorial, prosaic, and selfish
Fig. 2 (Schaefer & Rotte, 2010). Example of a questionnaire used to form a semantic differential for one particular brand. Subjects had to rate the brands according to their relationships to 18 pairs of contrary adjectives.The nascent field of neuromarketing has grown tremendously in the last 5 years. Its goal is to use brain imaging techniques such as fMRI and EEG to gain hidden insights int
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January 13, 2010
Identifying thoughts through brain codes leads to deciphering the brain’s dictionary
Two hundred years ago, archaeologists used the Rosetta Stone to understand the ancient Egyptian scrolls. Now, a team of scientists has discovered the beginnings of a neural Rosetta Stone. By combining brain imaging and machine learning techniques, neuroscientists and computer scientists determined how the brain arranges noun representations. Understanding how the brain codes nouns is important fo
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November 30, 2009
Brain scan study shows cocaine abusers can control cravings
A new brain-imaging study shows that active cocaine abusers can suppress drug craving, suggesting new ways to help them quit and avoid relapse.
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November 18, 2009
New neuroimaging analysis technique identifies impact of Alzheimer’s disease gene in healthy brains
Brain imaging can offer a window into risk for diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. A new study has demonstrated that genetic risk is expressed in the brains of even those who are healthy, but carry some risk for AD.
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