Researchers report alcohol hijacks a conserved memory pathway in the brain and alters protein expressed in neurons, forming craving that fuel addiction.
For politically polarized people, their brain activity syncs up with like-minded people who share their political ideologies to perceive information in the same way. However, and regardless of political affiliation, those with personality traits linked to intolerance, and who were less tolerant of daily uncertainty, had more polarized brain responses than those who were more tolerant to uncertainty.
Later school start times would allow teens to fully relieve sleep pressure.
Reward does not improve visual perception learning unless it is followed by a good night's sleep.
Researchers have created a new algorithm capable tracking down beneficial genetic mutations.
Unexpected rewards boost memories of specific events. The findings may have implications for treating memory problems associated with depression.
Nursing home residents with dementia who under went personalized music therapy showed behavioral improvements and were more likely to discontinue using anti anxiety medications, a new study reports.
Researchers have identified a new set of matching barrel structures two layers deeper in the cortex than whisker barrels.
Researchers report the motion and configuration of a speaker's lips are key when it comes to others being able to distinguish between vowels in speech.
During non-REM sleep, visual areas of the brain exhibit an excitation/inhibition balance indicative of increased plasticity. REM sleep appears to be essential for people to reap the benefits of the increased plasticity that occurs during NREM sleep.
Researchers have developed a wireless neural interface that bypasses the spinal cord and restores intentional walking movement to a primate's paralyzed leg.
Researchers report our ability to identify and categorize visual information is an active process similar to memory stabilization.
