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For scientists studying brain functions, attention means something narrow: the selective amplification of relevant information. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Science , Neuroscience , Definitions

Simplified: For scientists studying brain functions, attention is defined as the selective amplification of relevant information.

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Mr. Rehbock and Mr. Steinman are both considered “super-agers,” people 80 and up who have the same memory ability as someone 20 to 30 years younger. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Aging , Neuroscience

Simplified: The term 'super-agers' refers to people aged 80 and older who have the memory ability of someone 20 to 30 years younger.

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For example, almost all 80-year-olds have signs of Alzheimer’s disease in their brains (whether or not they have the condition), but some super-agers have little to none. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Aging , Research , Neuroscience

Simplified: While nearly all 80-year-olds have signs of Alzheimer’s disease in their brains, some super-agers have few to no signs.

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In addition, in super-ager brains, the functioning of a neurochemical that is important for attention and memory is better preserved. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Aging , Research , Neuroscience

Simplified: In the brains of super-agers, the functioning of a neurochemical important for attention and memory is better preserved compared to their peers.

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Another notable difference is that super-ager brains tend to have more of a special type of cell, called von Economo neurons, that is thought to be important for social behaviors and is only found in... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Aging , Research , Neuroscience

Simplified: The brains of super-agers tend to have a higher quantity of von Economo neurons.

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“People who socialize more are more resistant to cognitive decline as they get older,” Dr. Rein said. 1.000

👤 Ben Rein 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Aging , Neuroscience

Simplified: Neuroscientist Ben Rein stated that people who socialize more are more resistant to cognitive decline as they age.

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...von Economo neurons, that is thought to be important for social behaviors and is only found in highly social mammals — namely apes, elephants, whales and humans. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Neuroscience , Biology

Simplified: Von Economo neurons, which are thought to be important for social behaviors, are found only in highly social mammals such as apes, elephants, whales,...

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An analysis included in the new paper backs this up: The brain volume of super-agers tends to be more on par with 50- and 60-year-olds than with their octogenarian and nonagenarian peers. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Health , Aging , Research , Neuroscience

Simplified: An analysis in a 2025 review paper on super-agers found their brain volume is more comparable to that of 50- and 60-year-olds than to their same-age p...

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A study by A. Shenhav and R. L. Buckner titled "Neural correlates of dueling affective reactions to win–win choices" was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 111, 10978–1... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Reference List 🏷️ Psychology , Neuroscience , Academia

Simplified: A 2014 study by Shenhav and Buckner on neural correlates of win-win choices was published in PNAS.

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Mrazek M. D., Franklin M. S., Phillips D. T., Baird B., Schooler J. W. (2013). Mindfulness training improves working memory capacity and GRE performance while reducing mind wandering. Psychological Sc... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Bibliography 🏷️ Education , Psychology , Neuroscience

Simplified: A 2013 study by Mrazek et al. in Psychological Science reported that mindfulness training improves working memory capacity and GRE performance while r...

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McClure S. M., Laibson D. I., Loewenstein G., Cohen J. D. (2004). Separate neural systems value immediate and delayed monetary rewards. Science, 306, 503–507. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Bibliography 🏷️ Economics , Psychology , Neuroscience

Simplified: A 2004 study by McClure et al. in Science reported that separate neural systems value immediate and delayed monetary rewards.

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Kurzban R., Duckworth A., Kable J., Myers J. (2013). An opportunity cost model of subjective effort and task performance. Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 36, 661–679. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Reference List 🏷️ Psychology , Publication , Neuroscience , Academia , Bibliography

Simplified: R. Kurzban, A. Duckworth, J. Kable, and J. Myers published 'An opportunity cost model of subjective effort and task performance' in Behavioral & Brain...

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Kable J. W., Glimcher P. W. (2007). The neural correlates of subjective value during intertemporal choice. Nature Neuroscience, 10, 1625–1633. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 Reference List 🏷️ Publication , Neuroscience , Academia , Bibliography

Simplified: J. W. Kable and P. W. Glimcher published the paper 'The neural correlates of subjective value during intertemporal choice' in Nature Neuroscience in 2...

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Figner B., Knoch D., Johnson E. J., Krosch A. R., Lisanby S. H., Fehr E., Weber E. U. (2010). Lateral prefrontal cortex and self-control in intertemporal choice. Nature Neuroscience, 13, 538–539. 1.000

👤 Angela L. Duckworth, Katherine L. Milkman, David Laibson 📋 Academic Journal 🏷️ Psychology , Neuroscience

Simplified: Figner et al. published "Lateral prefrontal cortex and self-control in intertemporal choice" in Nature Neuroscience in 2010.

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In two functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies, SN/VTA activations in humans were indeed driven by stimulus novelty rather than other forms of stimulus salience such as rareness, negative... 1.000

👤 Bunzeck N, Düzel E 📋 Scientific Abstract 🏷️ Neuroscience , Human Brain , fMRI

Simplified: In two fMRI studies, human SN/VTA activations were driven by stimulus novelty, while hippocampal responses were less selective.

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SN/VTA novelty responses were scaled according to absolute rather than relative novelty in a given context, unlike adaptive SN/VTA responses recently reported for reward outcome in animal studies. 1.000

👤 Bunzeck N, Düzel E 📋 Scientific Abstract 🏷️ Neuroscience , Human Brain

Simplified: SN/VTA novelty responses were found to be scaled by absolute novelty, not relative novelty.

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Thus, the human SN/VTA can code absolute stimulus novelty and might contribute to enhancing learning in the context of novelty. 0.950

👤 Bunzeck N, Düzel E 📋 Scientific Abstract 🏷️ Neuroscience , Human Brain

Simplified: The human SN/VTA can code absolute stimulus novelty.

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Finally, novelty enhanced learning and perirhinal/parahippocampal processing of familiar items presented in the same context. 1.000

👤 Bunzeck N, Düzel E 📋 Scientific Abstract 🏷️ Neuroscience , Learning , Human Brain

Simplified: Novelty was found to enhance learning and the processing of familiar items in the perirhinal/parahippocampal regions.

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Novelty exploration can enhance hippocampal plasticity in animals through dopaminergic neuromodulation arising in the substantia nigra/ventral tegmental area (SN/VTA). 1.000

👤 Bunzeck N, Düzel E 📋 Scientific Abstract 🏷️ Neuroscience , Biology , Animal Studies

Simplified: Novelty exploration in animals can enhance hippocampal plasticity via dopaminergic neuromodulation from the SN/VTA.

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This enhancement can outlast the exploration phase by several minutes. 1.000

👤 Bunzeck N, Düzel E 📋 Scientific Abstract 🏷️ Neuroscience , Biology

Simplified: The enhancement of hippocampal plasticity from novelty exploration can last for several minutes after the exploration phase.

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