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• The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia (Essays in Cognitive Psychology)

  
  Psychology Problems, Advice, Information & Product Offers — Authority: 131
  The Cognitive Neuropsychology of Schizophrenia (Essays in Cognitive Psychology) Schizophrenic patients have bizarre experiences which reflect a disorder in the contents of consciousness. For example, patients hear voices talking about them or they are convinced that alien forces are controlling their actions. Their ...
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• Probing the Neural Networks of Human Conflict

  
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  Why do some human groups appear to hate each other? New research by a group of neuroscientists attempts to use brain imaging to determine how the brain responds to empathy and conflict-resolution. Emile Bruneau and Rebecca Saxe of Massachusetts Institute of Technology are studying why empathy — the ability to feel ...
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• Human Cognitive Neuropsychology: A Textbook With Readings

  
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  Human Cognitive Neuropsychology: A Textbook With Readings This textbook augments the first edition through the inclusion of a set of reseach and review papers selected by the authors to supplement the contents of each chapter by providing a discussion of research issues and detailed investigation of individual cases. ...
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• HM, the Man with No Memory

  
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  Henry Molaison (HM) gave science the ultimate gift: his memory. Over 55 years he became the most studied medical case in history, and on death his brain was dissected into 2000 slices and digitized as a three-dimensional brain map, preserving his tragically unique brain for posterity. read more
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• The Neuropsychology of Opioid Abuse

  
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  This is the last post in a series on prescription opioid abuse and dependence.   Prescription opioid overdose fatalities is a growing public health problem in the United States.  This problem varies by state of residence .  There are effective pharmacological strategies for the treatment of opioid dependence, ...
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• The Handbook of Sport Neuropsychology

  
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  The Handbook of Sport Neuropsychology An estimated 300,000 sports-related concussions occur every year in the United States. Frank Webbe, one of the leaders in the emerging field of sport neuropsychology, presents the first handbook of sport neuropsychology. Webbe approaches the field using a conceptual framework, by ...
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• How Do We Recognize Faces?

  
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  A new line of research investigates why some individuals are better at recognizing faces than others. The study expands on prior findings that have discovered we are better at recognizing faces from our own race than others. And, of course even within the same race, some individuals easily recognize people they ...
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• Lack of Iron in Teen Years Could Impact Brain Later in Life

  
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  Researchers have found that a lack of iron during the teen years can have a negative impact on the brain years later, setting the stage for disorders such as Alzheimer’s. Paul Thompson, a neurology professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, measured levels of transferrin, a protein that transports iron ...
  2 weeks ago

• HM, the man with no memory.

  
  Blogs — Authority: 147
  Henry Molaison (HM) gave science the ultimate gift; his memory. Over 55 years he became the most studied medical case in history, and on death his brain was dissected into 2000 slices and digitized as a three-dimensional brain map, preserving his tragically unique brain for posterity. read more
  2 weeks ago

• Imaging Shows How Brain Shifts Connections for Optimal Alertness

  
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  A new study uses imaging technology to show how the brain reacts to environmental cues to ensure maximal productivity. Specifically, University of California - Davis researchers studied how the brain reconfigures its connections to minimize distractions and take best advantage of our knowledge of situations. “In ...
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• Deep Brain Stimulation Lessens Parkinson’s Symptoms

  
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  Emerging research indicates that deep brain stimulation (DBS) can improve motor symptoms and enhance quality of life in patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease. The finding, reported in the online version of The Lancet Neurology journal is published by researchers at the University of Florida and 14 additional ...
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• Brain Imaging Aids in Understanding Delusions

  
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  Delusions are strong false beliefs that persist despite evidence to the contrary. While delusions are associated with neurological or mental illness, they are not tied to any particular disease although they often aid in the diagnosis of schizophrenia, manic episodes of bipolar disorder, and psychotic depression. New ...
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• Nerve disease – Info on Neurology Houston

  
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  by gever tulley Nerve disease - Info on Neurology Houston Article by James Pendleton Neurology is really a medical specialty coping with disorders from the central nervous system. Particularly, it handles diagnosing and management of all groups of disease including the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous ...
  3 weeks ago

• Obesity Linked to Changes In The Brain

  
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  Obesity appears to be strongly linked to structural changes in the brains of rats and humans, according to new research. During a study of high-fat diets in the brains of mice and rats bred to become obese, researchers found evidence of early and lasting injury to a specific part of the hypothalamus. Then using ...
  4 weeks ago

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