A new study uses real-time fMRI neurofeedback to help depression patients reduce rumination by training specific brain circuits in a gamified environment.

Perhaps no academic area is so replete with jargon as is the field of neuroscience. Dedicated to understanding the interface between the nervous system (brain!) and psychological processes, this field ...

Scientists in France recently surgically removed a slow-growing brain tumor (a diffuse, low-grade glioma) from a patient. The surgery was a success, in more ways than one. It removed the patient’s ...

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