A New Strategy to Cope With Emotional Stress
A new study from MIT reveals a cognitive strategy focused on social good may be effective in helping people cope with distressing events, particularly those in emotionally demanding professions.
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How Cognition Changes Before Dementia Hits
Study finds language-processing difficulties are an indicator — in addition to memory loss — of amnestic mild cognitive impairment.
Polyglots, There’s Something Special About Your Native Tongue
A new study of people who speak many languages has found that there is something special about how the brain processes their native language.
In the brains of these polyglots — people who speak five or more languages — the same language regions light up when they listen to any of the
Exposure to Different Kinds of Music Influences How the Brain Interprets Rhythm
When listening to music, the human brain appears to be biased toward hearing and producing rhythms composed of simple integer ratios — for example, a series of four beats separated by equal time intervals (forming a 1:1:1 ratio).
However, the favored ratios can vary greatly between different societies, according
Shining New Light on 'Chemo Brain': A Beacon of Hope Through Gamma Therapy
The cognitive fog known as "chemo brain," marked by memory lapses and concentration difficulties, has long shadowed patients undergoing chemotherapy. However, a beacon of hope emerges from MIT, where researchers have unveiled a noninvasive treatment that stimulates gamma frequency brain waves, offering a potential shield against this cognitive