Brain CancerFeaturedOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 28, 2015·4 min readHypnosis May Help Reduce Trauma Associated With ‘Awake Surgeries’ for Brain Cancer PatientsResearchers report hypnotism appears to reduce the impact of unpleasant events during 'awake surgeries' for brain cancer.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 23, 2015·3 min readMental Time Travel: Episodic Memory is Only One ComponentA new study suggests a new relationship between mental time travel and episodic memory.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 17, 2015·4 min readManipulating ConsciousnessResearchers have successfully altered firing rates of neurons in the central thalamus to change conscious states in rats.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 10, 2015·2 min readTrippy Networks: How LSD Changes ConsciousnessA new study reports LSD reduces connectivity in brain networks and interferes with patterns of activation which underlie thought and behavior.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·December 8, 2015·5 min readDogs Have A Conscience TooA new study reports animals may be more self aware than we previously thought.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·December 1, 2015·3 min readFish Could Be Conscious and Have EmotionsZebrafish display emotional fever and could have some degree of consciousness, a new study reveals.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 20, 2015·2 min readSearching For Happiness: Finding Where Happiness Happens in the BrainResearchers find the neurobiological root of happiness in the precuneus.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·November 11, 2015·3 min readComa Recovery Could Be Predicted by Brain ScansA new study reports fMRI brain scans may help doctors to predict which of their patients in a coma will regain consciousness.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 4, 2015·4 min readHow Some Patients in a Vegetative State Can Retain Awareness, Despite Appearing UnresponsiveNew research helps explain how some patients in a vegetative state are aware, despite appearing unconscious and unresponsive.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·November 2, 2015·3 min readSleepwalkers Feel No Pain and Remain Asleep, Despite Suffering InjuriesA new study reports during episodes of sleepwalking, people feel no pain and remain asleep despite suffering injury.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 28, 2015·3 min readUnconsciously “Hearing” DistanceA new study reports our brains can process and detect sound delays which are too short to be consciously noticed.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 4, 2015·2 min readMemory Permanence May Be Mediated by Neural Rehearsal Following LearningAccording to researchers, electrical activity in the brain may be a primary factor in memory permanence.Read More
