FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 27, 2016·3 min readTheory Linking Brain Activity to Shape of Brain Could Shed Light on Human ConsciousnessResearchers have identified a link between the patterns of brain activity that occur during periods of rest and the physical structure of the brain.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·January 7, 2016·5 min readLucid Dreaming May Help Us Unravel the Mysteries of ConsciousnessResearchers explore how the ability to control dreams may be a key to helping us better understand consciousness.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 4, 2016·3 min readDo We Have Free Will? The Brain-Computer DuelResearchers explore whether people are able to stop planned movements once the readiness potential for a movement has been triggered.Read More
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
