FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 26, 2020·4 min readBrain mapping study suggests motor regions for the hand also connect to the entire bodyThe hand knob area of the premotor cortex operates across a wide range of motor functions and body areas.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 10, 2020·5 min readScientists categorize neurons by the way the brain jiggles during a heartbeatBy analyzing alterations in waveform recorded from neurons during a heartbeat, researchers can more accurately classify different types of neurons in the human brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 3, 2020·5 min readArtificial sweeteners combined with carbs may be more harmful than sweeteners aloneConsumed alone, artificial sweeteners do not appear to have a negative impact. However, when consumed with carbohydrates, insulin sensitivity changes and the brain has a decreased response to sweet tastes.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 12, 2020·3 min readResearchers stimulate areas vital to consciousness in monkeys’ brains, and it wakes them upStimulating the central lateral thalamus in monkeys under anesthesia was enough to wake the animals and elicit normal waking behaviors.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 17, 2020·3 min readScientists unexpectedly witness wolf puppies play fetchWolf pups can interpret human social communicative cues, enabling them to play fetch. The findings shed light on the evolutionary behavior of domestic dogs.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 14, 2020·6 min readT. gondii cat parasite reduces general anxiety in infected mice, not just fear of feline predatorsMice infected with the Toxoplasma gondii parasite showed no selective reduction in fear of feline predators. Findings reveal chronic T. gondii infection reduces anxiety and risk-aversion while increasing curiosity and exploratory behaviors.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·November 21, 2019·5 min readSimulations suggest embryo selection based on traits like height or IQ is still far offThe ability to select specific traits, such as height or IQ, brought about by multiple genes is more complicated than most people realize.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 19, 2019·4 min readBrain scans reveal how the human brain compensates when one hemisphere is removedThe brains of adults who received hemispherectomies as children had unusually strong connections between functional brain networks in the remaining hemisphere, which help the body to function as if the brain were intact.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 7, 2019·4 min readEnjoyment of pop music classics linked to combination of uncertainty and surpriseCombining neuroimaging data with machine learning, researchers report musical pleasure depends on a dynamic interplay between prospective and retrospective states of expectation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 31, 2019·4 min readAfter release into wild, vampire bats keep ‘friends’ made in captivityVampire bats form social bonds similar to friendships seen in primates.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 13, 2019·5 min readThe toes of artists who paint with their feet can be mapped in their brainsArtists who paint with their feet have finely tuned toe maps in their brains. The study opens up questions about organizational principles of the whole body system.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·September 3, 2019·4 min readHuman perception of colors does not rely entirely on languageBased on the study of a stroke patient with damage to the occipito-temporal brain region, researchers made a big discovery about color categorization. They reveal color categorization and naming can be independent in the human brain. The finding challenges long-standing theories of the mandatory involvement of language in adult human cognition and color discrimination.Read More
