Random

Brown University

·August 5, 2021·7 min read

To Advance Human Rights, Consult Neuroscience

Researchers argue for the case of "dignity neuroscience", which states universal human rights are rooted in brain sciences.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 14, 2018·6 min read

Study Reveals Vision’s Role in Vowel Perception

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.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 18, 2019·5 min read

Neuron type that acts as brain’s metronome discovered

A distinct fast-spiking interneuron subtype mediates perceptually relevant brain oscillations, independently of local field potential and sensory drive.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 12, 2017·5 min read

Discovery Deepens Understanding of Brain’s Sensory Circuitry

Researchers have identified a new set of matching barrel structures two layers deeper in the cortex than whisker barrels.

Image shows the wireless neural interface.

Featured Neurology

·November 9, 2016·8 min read

Researchers Restore Leg Movement in Primates Using Wireless Neural Interface

Researchers have developed a wireless neural interface that bypasses the spinal cord and restores intentional walking movement to a primate's paralyzed leg.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 22, 2018·5 min read

New Software Helps Detect Adaptive Genetic Mutations

Researchers have created a new algorithm capable tracking down beneficial genetic mutations.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·May 23, 2018·5 min read

Early Life Obesity Impacts Children’s Learning and Memory

A new study reveals children who are either overweight or obese during the first two years of life may have problems with memory and learning at the age of 5. Researchers say IQ scored may be lower for higher weight children.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·July 20, 2020·5 min read

Study Helps to Settle Debate on Roles of REM and Non-REM Sleep in Visual Learning

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.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·July 9, 2018·5 min read

Visual Perceptual Skills Are Updated By Processes Similar to Memory Reconsolidation

Researchers report our ability to identify and categorize visual information is an active process similar to memory stabilization.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·November 1, 2017·5 min read

Babies Can Use Context to Look For Things

At 6 months of age, babies are capable of memory guided attention, a new study reveals. Young infants are able to learn and remember contextual visual cues to find objects of interest, researchers report. The findings shed new light on both typical and atypical brain development.

Hearts are shown as pieces on a tic-tac-toe board

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·May 6, 2019·5 min read

Unexpectedly, big wins improve two kinds of memory

Unexpected rewards boost memories of specific events. The findings may have implications for treating memory problems associated with depression.

Image shows a brain scans with the dlPFC highlighted.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 28, 2017·7 min read

How the Cortex Assigns Credit for Causality

A new study implicates the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in our ability to assign credit for whatever action leads to a desired outcome. While the study does not rule out the involvement of other brain areas to credit assignment, it does show the dlPFC is a key player in how we assess causality.

1 2 3 4

Brown University

To Advance Human Rights, Consult Neuroscience

Study Reveals Vision’s Role in Vowel Perception

Neuron type that acts as brain’s metronome discovered

Discovery Deepens Understanding of Brain’s Sensory Circuitry

Researchers Restore Leg Movement in Primates Using Wireless Neural Interface

New Software Helps Detect Adaptive Genetic Mutations

Early Life Obesity Impacts Children’s Learning and Memory

Study Helps to Settle Debate on Roles of REM and Non-REM Sleep in Visual Learning

Visual Perceptual Skills Are Updated By Processes Similar to Memory Reconsolidation

Babies Can Use Context to Look For Things

Unexpectedly, big wins improve two kinds of memory

How the Cortex Assigns Credit for Causality

Mapping Emotion Recognition in Children

Daring Differently: Gender Differences in Risk-Taking Behavior

Voice Versatility: The Genetic Symphony Behind Vocal Pitch

Unmasking Anosognosia: Revealing Hidden Brain Networks in Unawareness

Subscribe