FeaturedNeuroscience·April 19, 2017·4 min readBeet This: Beetroot Juice Before Exercise Helps Older Brains Perform More EfficientlyResearchers say drinking beetroot juice prior to exercise can help the aging brain to perform more efficiently.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 17, 2017·5 min readThink Brain Games Make You Smarter? Think AgainA new study finds little evidence that brain training games can improve your memory in any meaningful way.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 12, 2017·6 min readElephant’s “Body Awareness” Adds to Increasing Evidence of Their IntelligenceResearchers report elephants are able to recognize their own bodies as obstacles to the success of a problem solving task.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·April 12, 2017·4 min readCollege Students Study Better Later in the DayA new study reports the best times for college students to learn in between 11 am and 9:30 pm.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·April 11, 2017·4 min readFindings Support Role of Vascular Disease in Development of Alzheimer’sA new study reports midlife vascular risk factors are associated with elevated levels of amyloid beta in later life.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·April 8, 2017·4 min readWhy Did We See “The Dress” Differently? The Answer Lies in the ShadowsResearchers reports that, when it comes to images like 'the dress, our differences in color perception may be due to assumptions about how the stimuli was illuminated.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·April 6, 2017·5 min readHoney Bees Have Sharper Eyesight Than We ThoughtAccording to a new study, honey bees have much better vision than previously believed.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 5, 2017·4 min readDeep Sleep May Act As Fountain of Youth in Old AgeNatural, restorative sleep can help stave off mental and physical decline as we age.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 3, 2017·4 min readBreastfeeding Does Not Necessarily Boost a Child’s IntelligenceResearchers report there is no statistical evidence to suggest children between 3 - 5 years of age who were breastfed as infants have better cognitive abilities than those who were exclusively bottle fed.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·March 31, 2017·4 min readMental Shortcuts, Not Emotion, Guide Irrational DecisionsIrrational decision making may be due to a lack of mental effort rather than emotions, a new study reports.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 30, 2017·4 min readAltered PerceptionsResearchers report on how certain activity in face cells can alter perception.Read More