FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 3, 2021·3 min readPandemic Worriers Shown to Have Impaired General Cognitive AbilitiesResearchers say the COVID pandemic has had an impact on people's cognitive abilities and risk perception.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 2, 2021·4 min readTracking the Neurons That Make Us SocialThe motivation to invest in social interactions is closely linked to the reward system via the activation of dopaminergic neurons.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 23, 2021·4 min readHow Value Decisions Are Coded Into Our BrainsPersistency allows value signals to be most efficiently coded across the brain, specifically in the retrosplenial cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 22, 2021·6 min readFeast or Forage: Study Finds Circuit That Helps a Brain DecideA new study reveals the complex architecture of a decision-making circuit in the brains of C. elegans that prompts them to forage for food or stop once a source has been found.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 3, 2021·5 min readOur Brains May Think Two Steps Ahead When Trying to Sway OthersStudy reveals how the brain utilizes forward-thinking when we try to influence others or gain social control.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 22, 2021·5 min readWhen and Why Did Human Brains Decrease in Size 3,000 Years Ago?A new study reports human brain size decreased in size approximately 3,000 years ago, and the brain shrinkage parallels the expansion of collective intelligence in human societies.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 19, 2021·4 min readWhat Happens in Your Brain When You Make a Decision?Researchers examine the neuroscience behind why we make certain decisions when faced with multiple choices.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 15, 2021·5 min readHow the Brain Deals With UncertaintyHow do we make decisions during times when we are uncertain? A new study may have clues. Researchers identified a specific set of neurons that prevent the brain from using unreliable information when faced with decision-making.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·September 30, 2021·5 min readOur Choices May Be Making Us More IndividualisticSalient choice alone can have a powerful range of psychological effects, including the personal empowerment of an individual.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 24, 2021·5 min readResearchers Study Recurrent Neural Network Structure in the BrainRecurrent neural networks within the human frontal cortex may be responsible for decision making, language, and movement, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 15, 2021·5 min readStudy Pinpoints the Uncertainty of Our Working MemoryBrain areas associated with working memory also gauge the quality and uncertainty of memories. Researchers reveal details about the neural mechanisms of working memory that allow us to make decisions based on our certainty of memories.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 13, 2021·3 min readTo Cheat or Not to Cheat?Study reveals cognitive control can drive cheaters to be honest, and honest people to cheat.Read More