Using fMRI, researchers discovered that age-related memory decline involves complex brain changes, revealing insights into the decline in brain specialization over time and the importance of understanding neural selectivity and memory performance in older adults.
Brain activation of the lingual gyrus and parahippocampal gyrus, areas involved in pain perception, was significantly decreased after viewing nostalgic images compared to control images.
Researchers at the Center for Mind and Brain at the University of California, Davis, have for the first time seen how specific brain regions activate as 2-year-olds remember newly learned words—while the children were sleeping.
A new fMRI study shows that learning a language later in life changes how the two halves of the brain contribute.
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As people age, they often lose their motivation to learn new things or engage in everyday activities. In a study of mice, MIT neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit that is critical for maintaining this kind of motivation.
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A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found that functional MRI steadily increased from 2007-2014 but has now been static due to potential expansion barriers.
Read MoreScientists using fMRI obtained unprecedented views of the spinal cord’s functional architecture and showed how dynamic the spinal cord is, even for subjects at rest.
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Infants and young children have brains with a superpower, of sorts, say Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists. They reveal more below.
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