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Brain science

Olympic rings at night over water in Tokyo

Q+A

The Games go on, but without fans. Will athletes' performance suffer?

Published July 22, 2021

Vikram Chib, whose research focuses on the brain processes behind motivation and incentive and how they relate to motor actions, discusses what to expect from participants in the Tokyo Olympics

Perception

Insight without sight

Published June 23, 2020

By studying an individual with a rare brain anomaly, Johns Hopkins researchers have found evidence that our minds can process images without us being aware of it

Research

Testing the objectivity of vision

Published June 8, 2020

Johns Hopkins University researchers who study the mind and brain used methods from cognitive science to test a long-standing philosophical question: Can people see the world objectively?

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Research

Mind over eyesight

Published May 14, 2020

Knowledge of the weight, hardness, and slipperiness of an object can help guide our attention even when we can't see these qualities, according to a new paper authored by Johns Hopkins researchers

Brain science

Babies understand counting years earlier than believed

Published Oct 24, 2019

Babies who are years away from being able to say 'one,' 'two,' and 'three' actually already have a sense of what counting means, study finds

Neuroscience

Drug combo preserves cognitive function in mice with Alzheimer's

Published May 16, 2019

Drugs combination reduces brain damage and inflammation, slows the pace of cognitive decline

Brain science

Why MDMA may help treat PTSD

Published April 4, 2019

In mouse study, MDMA is shown to reactivate a learning period for social rewards, allowing test subjects to form positive associations where none existed before