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Study finds brain system for emotional self-control

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Different brain areas are activated when we choose for ourselves to suppress an emotion, compared to situations where we are instructed to inhibit an emotion, according a new study from the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Ghent University.

TRACK-HD study identifies early predictors of disease progression in Huntington's disease

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Professor Sarah Tabrizi

An international team led by researchers at the UCL Institute of Neurology has identified a set of tests that could help identify whether - and how - Huntington’s disease (HD) is progressing in groups of people who are not yet showing symptoms.

Children with behavioural problems under-react to painful images

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When children with conduct problems see images of others in pain, key parts of their brains under-react, according to new research published today in Current Biology.

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