by Elsevier This figure shows that the healthy participants who received prucalopride had greater functional connectivity between key cognitive regions (the posterior / anterior cingulate cortices) and a major cognitive network (the central executive network). That is, they appeared to be strengthening their connectivity within cognitive networks. Credit: Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2023.03.014 Cognitive...
by Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain You are just enjoying a nap on the sofa when your son suddenly turns up and asks you to help him with his math homework. This change from resting state to working mode is quite challenging for the brain. Based on the type of task, a specific neural...
by Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Sepideh Sadaghiani is interested in studying the connectivity and functions of brain networks. Credit: The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. New research demonstrates how two vastly different methods of measuring brain activity can provide meaningful data on brain networks simultaneously. Functional magnetic resonance imaging and...
Researchers at the Leibniz-Institutes für Wissensmedien (IWM) and of the Graduate School and Research Network LEAD at the University of Tübingen now found out: Short and intensive arithmetic training strengthens the neuronal connections between brain regions in adults. This neuronal plasticity through numerical learning was already detectable after only five training sessions. Results of the...
