FeaturedPsychology·October 1, 2015·4 min readHow Video Games Can Improve Cognitive FunctionA new study reports on how different types of video games improve cognitive functions.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·September 18, 2015·3 min readCustomized Exoskeleton Allows Former Soldier with TBI to Walk AgainResearchers create a customized exoskeleton that has enabled a former soldier with traumatic brain injury to walk again.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscience·September 8, 2015·5 min readStudying Body Maps in Infant BrainsNew research could provide crucial information about how babies develop a sense of their physical selves.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 27, 2015·3 min readMolecular Mechanism Behind Resilience to Tinnitus IdentifiedA new study identifies a cause of resilience to tinnitus and hint at a possible drug that could reduce the chances of developing the disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 27, 2015·6 min readThe Plastic Brain: Visual Cortex of Blind Children Can be Remodeled to Process LanguageA new study reports that in blind children, a region of the brain that normally involved in visual processing can be remodeled to process language.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·August 20, 2015·4 min readTemporary Postnatal Blindness Triggers Lasting Reorganization in the Infant BrainResearchers report temporary postnatal visual deprivation induces permanent auditory responses in the visual area of the infant's brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·August 12, 2015·3 min readAn On-Off Switch for Brain Plasticity Following Vision LossNew discoveries about neuroplasticity following vision loss could improve patient susceptibility to sensory prosthetics.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 3, 2015·6 min readResearchers Uncover a Mechanism for Learning in Adult SongbirdsResearchers have discovered a neurological mechanism which could help explain how songbirds are able to refine and alter their songs as adults.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 28, 2015·2 min readDoes Talent or Training Make a Musician Good? Depends on Their Brain StructureA new study provides evidence to distinguish between the parts of the brain which account for individual talent and the areas activated through training.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·July 23, 2015·4 min readSchizophrenia’s “Rosetta Stone” Gene IdentifiedResearchers have identified a critical function of what they believe to be schizophrenia's "Rosetta Stone" gene that could hold the key to decoding the function of all genes involved in the disease.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·July 20, 2015·3 min readMusic Training Helps Enhance Teen Brain DevelopmentA new study reports learning music can enhance a teenager's brain response to sound and sharpen language skills.Read More