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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 months ago

What neuroscience reveals about people who need to be alone after socializing: it's not introversion, it's a nervous system recovering from performance - Silicon Canals

Social interaction activates metabolically expensive brain regions for real-time monitoring of others, requiring biological recovery afterward regardless of personality type.
fromScienceDaily
10 months ago

Ultrafast 12-minute MRI maps brain chemistry to spot disease before symptoms

A new technology that uses clinical MRI machines to image metabolic activity in the brain could give researchers and clinicians unique insight into brain function and disease.
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