FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 14, 2016·5 min readRed Means Go: Brain Uses Color to Help Us Choose What to EatA new study looks at the role the visual system plays in our food decisions.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 11, 2016·4 min readKeeping Our Balance: Our Vestibular System Reflects Evolution From Sea to LandResearchers reveal how our vesibular system reflects the story of our evolution, from sea to land.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 10, 2016·4 min readFruit Flies Provide Insight Into How the Body Responds to Cold or Harmful StimuliA new study using fruit fly models could help researchers better understand the genetic and neural bases of detecting cold or painful stimuli.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·November 9, 2016·8 min readMammalian Bone Gene May Be Repurposed to Fuel Cognition in HumansA new study reports a gene that regulates bone growth may also have an additional role in brain development, cognition and learning in human and non-human primates.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·November 8, 2016·3 min readHumans Recognize Partially Obscured Snakes More Easily Than Other AnimalsResearchers confirm humans have heightened visual awareness when it comes to snakes.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·November 1, 2016·4 min readScientists Prove How Genetics Change Behavior by Studying Worms’ Foraging StrategiesA new study provides evidence that population density changes how individuals act.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 1, 2016·5 min readWild Cat Brains: An Evolutionary CurveballAccording to researchers, wild cat brains don't necessarily respond to the same evolutionary pressures as primates.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 23, 2016·4 min readSurvival Instincts of Fish Impaired by Climate ChangeResearchers report climate change is disrupting the sensory systems of fish, making them swim towards predators, rather than away.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 11, 2016·3 min readFemales React Differently To Social Isolation Than MalesResearchers report females feel more stressed when the are socially isolated.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 10, 2016·3 min readMice Sing Like Jet Engines to Find a MateTo find a mate, mice use unique high frequency sounds using a mechanism that has only previously been observed in supersonic jet engines, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 8, 2016·4 min readHere’s Looking at You: Finding Allies Through Facial CuesA new study reports on the evolutionary root as to why men and women prefer different faces, depending on the social context.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·October 6, 2016·4 min readDiffering Division Rates of Brain Stem CellsA new study reports stem cells in the human brain take more time to arrange the chromosomes before distribution than stem cells of great apes.Read More
