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After tough times, pre-teens’ brains wired for rewards

After tough times, pre-teens’ brains wired for rewards

Adversity leads pre-teens to be more impulsive by making their brains more sensitive to rewards, a new Western University study has found.     The study, entitled “Ventral striatal activity links adversity and reward processing in children,” is published in...

Western welcomes new neuroscientist who unlocks minds with machines

Western welcomes new neuroscientist who unlocks minds with machines

If you watch science fiction movies from 1970s, you would think by the year 2016 there would be a robot in every home performing tasks like cooking, cleaning and cutting the lawn. But there isn't. Jörn Diedrichsen, who has come to Western University from University...

The story behind a vegetative patient’s shocking recovery

The story behind a vegetative patient’s shocking recovery

Western University's Adrian Owen provided expert analysis to award-winning science writer Kate Lunau for her long-form, feature story about the "shocking" recovery of a patient in a vegetative state, which was published by Maclean's on December 31, 2015. Owen is the...

New imaging technique will save lives and money

New imaging technique will save lives and money

An international research collaboration, led by Western University, has developed a new imaging technique that will save hospitals money and more importantly, give some patients a second chance at life. Utilizing functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology,...

Why people with autism sometimes fail to see ‘the big picture’

Why people with autism sometimes fail to see ‘the big picture’

New findings by Melvyn Goodale from Western University's Brain and Mind Institute, in collaboration with Australian researchers at Swinburne University of Technology and La Trobe University, show that people with high autistic tendencies see the world very differently...

Our Lady Peace to headline evening concert at Western Homecoming

Our Lady Peace to headline evening concert at Western Homecoming

‘Ordinary’s just not good enough’ so extraordinary Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace will perform as part of Western University’s Homecoming 2015 festivities. This year, Western is teaming up with the University Students’ Council (USC), PremierLife and Western Alumni to launch #HOCOonthehill – a full day of programming on Saturday, September 26 that starts at 9 a.m. – and Our Lady Peace will be headlining the evening concert.