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A, Resting-state SDBOLD at placebo is significantly lower in older adults (purple) compared with younger adults (green). B, Spatial pattern expressing the effect of age. Yellow/red regions showed a reliable decrease in variability with age, whereas blue regions showed a reliable increase.
JNeurosci
Nov 30, 2021
Dynamic Recovery:
GABA Agonism Restores Neural Variability in Older, Poorer Performing Adults
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Experimental design. A, Speaker design. The speaker was invited to watch an emotional video and shared the stories in the video by narrating. B, Listener design. The listener was asked to listen to the story of the video through the speaker’s narration and allowed to recall the story which the speaker shared. C, The task in The Speaker Speaking and The Listener Listening. The specific procedure of sharing stories.
eNeuro
Nov 30, 2021
Sharing Happy Stories Increases Interpersonal Closeness:
Interpersonal Brain Synchronization as a Neural Indicator
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Nov 30, 2021
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