FeaturedNeuroscience·November 28, 2013·2 min readEat Crow If You Think I’m A Bird-BrainResearchers demonstrate how the brains of crows produce intelligent behavior when the birds have to make strategic decisions.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·November 13, 2013·5 min readYour Brain Sees Things You Don’tAccording to a new study, the brain processes and understands visual inputs that we might not consciously perceive.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 13, 2013·3 min readMonkeys “Understand” Rules Underlying Language MusicalityResearchers find that sensitivity to simple structural and melodic patterns do not require much learning.Read More
FeaturedNeuroethics·November 7, 2013·3 min readResearcher Seeks to Help Those Who Can’t Speak for ThemselvesNon-communicative individuals, such as those in comas or vegetative states, may be able to express themselves better than is widely thought, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 6, 2013·7 min readResearchers Discover How Neural Circuits Zero in on the Specific Information Needed For DecisionsResearchers discover how the brain sorts out relevant and irrelevant sensory information during decision making processes.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 5, 2013·2 min readJust a Few Years of Early Musical Training Benefits the Brain Later in LifeResearchers report people who learned to play music as children process speech faster later in life.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·November 4, 2013·2 min readBrain Aging is Conclusively Linked to GenesResearchers discover the decline in brain function, which occurs during normal aging, is influenced by genetics.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 31, 2013·3 min readPatient in ‘Vegetative State’ Not Just Aware, but Paying AttentionA new study reveals a patient in a seemingly vegetative state showed signs of attentive awareness which had not been detected previously. Researchers hope the findings could open the door to creating specialized devices to allow those in a vegetative state to interact with the outside world.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 31, 2013·6 min readSeeing in the Dark: Most People Can See Their Body’s Movement in the Absence of LightUsing computerized eye trackers, researchers discover at least 50 percent of people can see the movement of their own hand in total darkness.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 22, 2013·4 min readBaby’s Innate Number Sense Predicts Future Math SkillBabies who are able to tell the difference between large and small groups of items prior to learning how to count are more likely to be proficient in mathematics later in life, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 18, 2013·3 min readResearchers Report New Insights on Human Brain, ConsciousnessUsing neuroimaging techniques, researchers find new clues as to what happens to the brain as it slips into unconsciousness.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 11, 2013·3 min readPhysical Attractiveness Impacts One’s MemoryResearchers discover the attractiveness of others can impact how much we lie and the extent to which others believe those misrepresentations of the truth.Read More