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New study finds that the shape of the brain influences the way it works
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New study finds that the shape of the brain influences the way it works

by Monash University Credit: CC0 Public Domain For over a century, researchers have thought that the patterns of brain activity that define our experiences, hopes and dreams are determined by how different brain regions communicate with each other through a complex web of trillions of cellular connections. Now, a study led by from researchers at Monash University’s Turner Institute for...

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Dehydration alters human brain shape and activity, slackens task performance

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY When dehydration strikes, part of the brain can swell, neural signaling can intensify, and be doing monotonous tasks can get harder. With the help of brain scans and a simple, repetitive task to test responsiveness, exercise physiologists at the Georgia Institute of Technology studied volunteer subjects who sweated a lot and...