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Dream and daydream: differences and similarities

Did you know that daydreams reflect events from the previous two days and “night” dreams resemble a fictional plot?

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Does your dog have social skills?

A study suggests that viewing the owner’s face works as a positive social reinforcement for dogs. Learn more about this and other surprising results about “man’s best friend”.

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Researchers supported by the BIAL Foundation published in the journal Nature Communications

The research team of the project 261/18 - Phenomenological experience and neurophysiological correlates of shamanic trance in healthy individuals, led by Olivia Gosseries, published in Nature Communications the paper Behavioural and brain responses in cognitive trance: A TMS-EEG case study.

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Research project supported by the BIAL Foundation features in The Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Juan Manuel Toro published in the scope of project 226/16 - Linking strawberries and politicians: The electrophysiology of the bimodal bilingual brain, supported by the BIAL Foundation, the paper Influence of Gesture and Linguistic Experience on Sign Perception in the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education.

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Results of a project funded by the BIAL Foundation presented in the journal Neuroimage

The article Predicting response originality through brain activity: An analysis of changes in EEG alpha power during the generation of alternative ideas has been published in the journal NeuroImage in the scope of the research project 298/16 - Empowering feedback connections in temporo-occipital network to boost visual perception of emotions, supported by the BIAL Foundation.

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