FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 13, 2018·4 min readPay Attention: How the Brain Performs a Background Scan to Help FocusAccording to researchers, vision and brain circuits perform regular background scans, making neurons available for focus based tasks. The process makes it possible for us to pay, and maintain, attention.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·June 25, 2018·6 min readHow Music Lessons Can Improve Language SkillsA new study reports children who receive musical training have better word discrimination than other kindergarteners who had not undertaken music lessons.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·June 20, 2018·7 min readWhen Wandering Minds Are Just FineContrary to popular belief, researchers report allowing your mind to wander in some situations does not result in failure of executive control or a dysfunctional cognitive state. People are able to strategically allow their minds to wander without impacting performance on a task.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 9, 2018·4 min readHow Depression Affects Your Thinking SkillsTypically, many people associate depression with feelings of sadness or despair. However, depression can also affect your cognitive abilities and memory. A new paper reviews the impact depression has on cognitive function and considers therapy options to help improve these often overlooked symptoms of the disorder.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·June 4, 2018·3 min readWhy Do Some Sleep Deprived People Experience Worse Cognitive Function Than Others?A new study reports microRNAs in the blood are altered as a result of sleep deprivation. Researchers used MiRNA alterations as a biomarker to determine cognitive performance following psychological stress and sleep loss.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosVisual Neuroscience·June 2, 2018·4 min readAct Fast to Pay AttentionA new study sheds light on how priming may influence our attention to details.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·May 29, 2018·5 min readResearch Opens New Doors For Brain Disorder TreatmentsStudy reveals the how the brain maintains attention on an object while the eyes make rapid, voluntary movements. The findings could open the door to developing new treatments for a number of neurological disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyPainPsychology·May 29, 2018·3 min readWhy Some Gain While in PainA new study looks at why pain enhances some people's ability to perform well.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 24, 2018·5 min readNew Parts of the Brain Become Active After Students Learn PhysicsA neuroimaging study reveals brain areas not commonly associated with science learning become active when people complete physics problems.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 8, 2018·4 min readImpaired Brain Pathways May Cause Attention Problems Following StrokeResearchers report the impairment of the right thalamic and caudate prefrontal pathways appear to be associated with attention deficits in patients following a stroke.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 7, 2018·6 min readWhy People Become More Prone to Distraction With AgeA new study reports the locus coerleus, a brain network that controls our ability to focus while under stress, appears to weaken as we age. This may explain why we find it more difficult to focus as we get older.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 23, 2018·4 min readCulture Shapes the Brain: How Reading Changes the Way We ThinkA new study sheds light on how reading shapes our brain and can improve our memory. Those who are not practiced readers, researchers discovered, find it more difficult to distinguish how an object is oriented in space.Read More
