FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·June 18, 2014·4 min readPortable Brain Mapping Device Allows Researchers to See Where Memory Fails Student VeteransUsing a portable brain mapping device, researchers discover limited prefrontal cortex activity among student veterans with PTSD when asked to recall information from simple memory tasks.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 4, 2014·2 min readCrows’ Memories are Made of ThisNCL neurons allow crows to remember things in the short term, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 3, 2014·3 min readBrain Signals Link Physical Fitness to Better Language Skills in KidsAccording to new research, children who are physically fit have faster and more robust neuroelectrical brain responses during reading tasks than their less fit peers.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 26, 2014·3 min readDid Standing Up Change Our Brains?Researchers evaluate whether becoming bipedal changed human neuronal function.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 9, 2014·4 min readYour Brain on Speed: Walking Doesn’t Impair Thinking and MultitaskingResearchers examine how well study participants perform spatial cognitive tasks while walking and standing still.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·April 10, 2014·3 min readKids’ Earliest Memories Might Be Earlier than They ThinkThe earliest childhood memories may develop earlier than previously thought, a new study suggests.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·March 31, 2014·3 min readAddicts Who Live in the Moment May Benefit Most from Certain Kinds of TreatmentPeople with drug dependencies who are least likely to take the future into account could be the ones who benefit most from certain treatments, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 2, 2014·3 min readResearch Reveals First Glimpse of a Brain Circuit That Helps Experience Shape PerceptionResearchers observe inhibitory neurons which link olfaction with cognition and memory in mice.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 27, 2014·4 min readStudy First to Offer Detailed Map of Mouse Cerebral CortexA new study identifies eight distinct neural sub-networks which form the connectivity infrastructure of the mammalian cerebral cortex.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 26, 2014·3 min readOne Gene Influences Recovery from Traumatic Brain InjuryResearchers find a gene variant which could cause some people to be more impaired by TBI than others.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 26, 2014·3 min readMaze Puts Images on Floor Where Rats LookProjecting images onto the floor of a maze, rodents can learn behaviors faster.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 21, 2014·2 min readMechanism Behind the Activation of Dormant Memory Cells DiscoveredElectrical stimulation of the hippocampus activates the same receptor complexes as memory recall and learning, a new study reveals.Read More
