FeaturedNeuroscience·October 3, 2022·4 min readA New Explanation for ConsciousnessA new theory of consciousness suggests decisions are made unconsciously, then about half a second later, they become conscious.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·July 21, 2020·3 min readInsight Into Toddlers’ Awareness of Their Own UncertaintyWhen it comes to decision making, researchers discovered toddlers experience and deal with uncertainty in the same way as older children and adults.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 28, 2018·6 min readNew Insight on How Memory WorksStudy reports declarative memory depends upon conscious knowledge of what has been previously learned. Researchers discovered conscious knowledge is compromised in those with damage to the hippocampus. The findings shed new light on how the hippocampus controls the process of memory.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·December 21, 2018·4 min readWhat if Consciousness is Just a Product of Our Non-Conscious BrainResearchers explore consciousness and argue our conscious processes may be formed by efficient non-conscious brain systems.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 23, 2018·5 min readGiant Neurons in the Brain May Play Similarly Giant Role in Awareness and CognitionResearchers reveal the role nucleus gigantocellularis neurons play in generalized arousal and cognition.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·July 18, 2017·4 min readHeavy Drinking During Adolescence Has Dire Effects on the BrainAccording to a Frontiers in Psychology study, binge drinking in teens is associated with a reduction in brain areas that play key roles in memory, learning, language and attention.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 1, 2016·5 min readImaging Technique Can See You ThinkResearchers use fast fMRI to track the brain activity that occurs during thought. The study could be a significant step toward mapping the neural networks responsible for attention, perception and other cognitive functions.Read More
FeaturedMost PopularNeuroscience·November 5, 2016·6 min readInsight Into the ‘Seat of Human Consciousness’Researchers believe they may have pinpointed an area of the brain that plays a role in maintaining human consciousness.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
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
FeaturedNeurology·May 26, 2016·4 min readA Way to Measure Awareness, or Its Impending Return, in Brain Injury PatientsResearchers have discovered a new method that can predict a person's current level of awareness and whether they will recover awareness within a year of a TBI.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·January 25, 2013·6 min readScience Needs a Second Opinion: Researchers Find Flaws in Study of Patients in “Vegetative State”Reanalysis points to a number of flaws in a study which claimed EEG identified awareness in some patients diagnosed as being in a vegetative state.Read More
