FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 11, 2014·3 min readScientists Identify Gene Linking Brain Structure to IntelligenceResearchers believe they have identified a gene which links the thickness of gray matter in the brain to intelligence.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 20, 2013·6 min readResearchers Discover Idling Brain Activity in Severely Brain Injured Patients Who “Wake Up” After Using a Sleep DrugResearchers discover a signature of brain activity in some severely brain injured patients, who regained some consciousness after using certain drug treatments.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
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
FeaturedNeurology·March 4, 2013·5 min readHow the Brain Loses and Regains ConsciousnessUsing EEG to track brain activity, researchers identify distinctive brain patterns associated with general anesthesia as patients lost and regained consciousness.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·January 25, 2013·6 min readScience Needs a Second Opinion: Researchers Find Flaws in Study of Patients in “Vegetative State”Reanalysis points to a number of flaws in a study which claimed EEG identified awareness in some patients diagnosed as being in a vegetative state.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 27, 2012·3 min readThe Seat of Meta-Consciousness in the BrainStudies of lucid dreamers visualise which centers of the brain become active when we become aware of ourselves. Studies demonstrate that a specific cortical network consisting of the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the frontopolar regions and the precuneus is activated when this lucid consciousness is attained.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·June 13, 2012·3 min readConscious Perception is a Matter of Global Neural NetworksNew findings support the view that the content of consciousness is not localised in a unique cortical area. Consciousness is...Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 4, 2012·4 min readPrimitive Consciousness Emerges First as You Awaken from AnesthesiaAwakening from anesthesia is often associated with an initial phase of delirious struggle before the full restoration of awareness and...Read More
FeaturedNeurologyPsychology·January 23, 2012·4 min readMagic Mushrooms’ Effects Illuminated in Brain Imaging StudiesBrain scans of people under the influence of the psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, have given scientists the...Read More
Neurology·November 10, 2011·3 min readNew Test for Consciousness in Comatose PatientsThe Coma Science Group (CRCyclotron, University of Liège /Liège University Hospital), led by Dr Steven Laureys, has developed, along with...Read More
