Scicon Review
Scicon Review
Scicon Review
The role of perception in false memories
How are false memories formed? Are they the result of imagination only, or a combination of newly perceived events and imagination? A study by Lyle and Johnson actually finds that perception might play a larger role than imagin...
Autobiographic memory and rumination in ageing
Intrusion of negative memories happens to all of us. But is there a change in this as we get older? A study by Schlagman and colleagues demonstrates that older people tend to have fewer intrusions of negative memories.
Review of precuneus function
The precuneus is a structure that has received little attention. In a review by Cavanna and Trimble in Brain, the precuneus is suggested to play a role in many consciousness-related functions, such as first-person perspective t...
Self-Serve Brains
The concept of identity theft assumes an entirely new meaning for people with brain injuries that rob them of their sense of self—the unspoken certainty that one exists as a person in a flesh—bounded body with a unique set ...
Nalmafene for your ludomania
A new study demonstrates that Nalmefene, an experimental drug, has positive treatment effects on compulsive gambling. It works through making gambling become less thrilling and compelling.
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