FeaturedNeuroscience·August 31, 2016·3 min readDogs Understand Both Vocabulary and Intonation of Human SpeechA new study reports dogs have the ability to understand human speech intonation and vocabulary by using similar brain areas to humans.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·August 31, 2016·5 min readAddiction Cravings May Get Their Start Deep in the Right Side of the BrainA new neuroimaging study links alcohol cravings to the right ventral striatum.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 29, 2016·7 min readTo Make Sense of the World, the Brain Performs Feats of MathStudy reports the brain calculates a distribution of probabilities for each of many distinct possibilities.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 17, 2016·3 min readGeneral Cognitive Ability May Be Result of Well Tuned Brain Network UpdatesA new study reports on better metal performance is linked to similar brain connectivity during rest and tasks.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·August 15, 2016·5 min readHow Parkinson’s Alters Brain Activity Over TimeResearchers have identified how specific brain areas change over time in patients with Parkinson's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 15, 2016·6 min readThis Is Your Brain On SentencesResearchers have been able to successfully decode and predict the brain activity patters of word meanings within a sentence.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·August 8, 2016·4 min readResearchers Find Brain’s “Physics Engine”Researchers report the brain's 'physic engine' helps predict how the world behaves.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 3, 2016·5 min readElders Use Brain Networks Differently For Short Term RecallAccording to researchers, age related changes in the organization of neural networks when performing short term memory tasks may help to compensate for other aspects of brain aging.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·July 27, 2016·5 min readEEG Could Help Indicate Level of Awareness in Those With Consciousness DisordersResearchers report EEG systems could be useful tools in assessing the levels of awareness in patients in a vegetative state.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 21, 2016·4 min readTemporarily Turning Off Brain Area to Better Understand FunctionResearchers report that temporarily turning off an area of the brain changes patterns of activity across much of the remaining brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 21, 2016·4 min readConnectome Map More Than Doubles Human Cortex’s Known RegionsResearchers have developed new software that is able to correctly map areas of the cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 20, 2016·3 min readHow Our Brain Puts the World in OrderA new study identifies different brain regions that become active when a strategy of categorization is applied.Read More