The findings suggest that the tool can be used to not only assess cognitive impairment in Huntington disease (HD) but also to detect brain atrophy patterns associated with cognitive status in these ...

Associative learning allows an individual to acquire an association between a sensory cue and an outcome resulting from a specific response. Associative learning plays a vital role in the ability to ...

Neuroscientists have shown that stimulating the caudate nucleus can generate negative moods that lead to irrational decision-making. Stimulating the caudate nucleus causes animals to give far more ...

Figure 1. Research flowchart. This study screened a total of 995 patients, and ultimately determined that 397 patients met the inclusion criteria. According to whether the caudate lobe of the liver ...

Kessler Foundation researchers have authored a new article that further elucidates the mechanisms for cognitive fatigue, a disabling symptom that affects many individuals after traumatic brain injury ...

Primates have the remarkable ability to rapidly adjust or modify associations between visual cues and specific motor responses. Whereas little is known as to how such adjustments in behavioral policy ...

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a research technique that measures blood flow or activation in different areas of the brain. The caudate nucleus is located near the center of the brain ...

You might already know that grip strength has been linked to your health and even longevity, especially as you age. Professor Xiaoping Hu, senior author of a new study linking brain activity and ...