Category: Affective Neuroscience

Affective Neuroscience, Blog, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Infants cognitive development, Infants research

Unveiling the Marvels of Infant Social and Cognitive Development: A Day in the Babylab

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Welcome to the fascinating world of infant social and cognitive development, where the boundless curiosity and innate potential of our youngest explorers come to life. If you feel curiosity, join us on a captivating journey as we delve into the depths of the babylab, where groundbreaking research led by Dr. Cristina Ioana Galusca at University of Grenoble-Alpes, uncovers the intricacies of these budding minds.

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Affective Neuroscience, Blog, Brain Computer Interfaces, Brain research, Cognitive Neuroscience, EEG research, Mind-Reading, Neurotechnology, Scientific Research

Mind-Reading Technologies: Navigating Certainties, Uncertainties, and Future Prospects

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Advancements in mind-reading technologies have been rapidly progressing across various fields of research. Presently, these technologies have the capability to accurately capture, analyze, and interpret neural signals in real-time. This post will delve into the mechanisms utilized by current brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) to decipher thoughts, while summarizing the latest scientific advances, the potential applications and some ethical uncertainties emerging from these neurotechnologies.

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Affective Neuroscience, Blog, Brain research, Cognitive Neuroscience, EEG research, Emotional Brain, Sleep research

Dreaming: A peculiar form of cognitive activity

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Dreams are a complex phenomenon that most people experience during sleep. They are characterized by a series of thoughts, images, and emotions that are felt and recalled sometimes with high vividness. Such activity is associated with the so-called rapid eye movement (REM) sleep phase, which entails a separate phase from the no-REM (NREM) sleep cycle. Brainwave activity linked to REM sleep resembles that of the waking brain making it hard to distinguish between them. Recently, new research has found for the first time a novel brain pattern that allows predicting when someone is dreaming and even the content of dreams. In this post, you will get to know better what is going on in the brain when you dream and the purpose of dreaming.

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Affective Neuroscience, Blog, Cognitive Neuroscience, Cognitive Psychology, Uncategorized

Neurofeedback: learning to unlock the brain’s self-regulating ability

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Have you noticed that some of our actions or behaviors are not carried out consciously? The truth is that we are not fully aware of everything that happens inside our brain like all the connections triggered when an emotion or thought suddenly appears in our mind. Instead, we know that the major brain activity is highly driven by both, internal biological signals linked to the autonomous system and external cues coming from the environment. Apparently, all these brain activity generators are beyond our conscious control. But is this really the case?

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Affective Neuroscience, Blog, Brain research, Cognitive Neuroscience, EEG research, Emotional Brain, Emotional development, Infants research, Neurotechnology

Exploring the brain correlates of emotions in babies

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One of the most interesting topics in the field of emotional development research relates to infants´ capacity to express and experience different emotional states. A general question refers to when emotions first emerge in humans life.  Approach and withdrawal are two important concepts in the definition of human´s emotions. Both constructs have not typically been viewed as features of infant emotional behavior until late in the first year. However, when looking directly into infants´ brain, researchers have found a different story suggesting that infants experience positive and negative emotions from birth but in a very basic way and not as adults do.

Infants´ emotions are not equivalent to adults emotions

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