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Stroke survivors often experience upper limb (arm and hand) impairments, which severely limit their daily lives. High-dose therapy has proven to be crucial for recovery. Currently, most therapies are conducted under the supervision of a […]

Working memory is defined as the ability to store and process information temporally. It is connected to everyday activities such as attention, planning and reasoning. Understanding the age-related decline of our working memory is crucial […]

Last fall, we announced a call for proposals within our partnership with UCL Neuroscience. The joint steering committee has now approved four new projects for 2024, which should pave the way for more extensive collaborations […]

Brain nerve fibers interconnect myriad nerve cells and are coated with a fatty insulation to transmit electrical signals at lightning speed. The nerve-coating cells, known as oligodendrocytes, are also critical for powering the brain’s electrical […]

Understanding speech in a noisy environment can be challenging for people, especially those with speech perception deficits. Studies could already show that brain activity correlates with the perception and memorization of words. This study investigated […]

Disruptive behaviors in children and youth may involve proactive and reactive aggressions. Werhahn et al. explored functional brain connectivity at rest and compared children and adolescents with disruptive behaviors to a control group. They considered […]

Schizophrenia is a multifaceted disorder. It is associated with structural brain variability – which, to this day, we only know little about. Using MRI-based brain measures, the worldwide ENIGMA study of Omlor et al. characterized […]

Resilience is essential to counteract stress and its harmful effects. It is correlated with healthy responses to physiological and psychological stressors. So far, there are few investigations on the effects of resilience training on real-life […]