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Brain imaging predicts psychotherapy success in patients with social anxiety disorder

February 4, 2013 - CogniFit

Brain imaging predicts psychotherapy success in patients with social anxiety disorder. Treatment for social anxiety disorder or social phobia has entered the personalized medicine arena […]

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Huntington’s gene disrupts brain cells via changes to other genes

January 23, 2013 - CogniFit

Huntington’s gene disrupts brain cells via changes to other genes. Biological engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US have discovered that the […]

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MIT brain scans show that entrepreneurs really do think differently

January 15, 2013 - CogniFit

MIT brain scans show that entrepreneurs really do think differently. A brain scan study at MIT suggests that entrepreneurs are more likely to use both […]

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Precisely engineering 3-D brain tissues

December 1, 2012 - CogniFit

Precisely engineering 3-D brain tissues. Borrowing from microfabrication techniques used in the semiconductor industry, MIT and Harvard Medical School (HMS) engineers have developed a simple […]

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Switching off a specific brain region can alter ingrained habits in rats

November 28, 2012 - CogniFit

Switching off a specific brain region can alter ingrained habits in rats. Ingrained habits in rats can be quickly broken—and reestablished—by targeting and switching off […]

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In brain, competing thoughts come in waves and rhythms

November 27, 2012 - CogniFit

In brain, competing thoughts come in waves and rhythms. Emerging evidence suggests that a group of neurons can represent each unique piece of information, but […]

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Electrical impulses in the brain encode protocols for behaviors

November 23, 2012 - CogniFit

Electrical impulses in the brain encode protocols for behaviors. Neuroscientists have long been perplexed by how our brains encode thoughts, including memory loss and awareness, […]

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