FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·June 17, 2015·4 min readSocial Insects May Share Brain PowerAccording to a new study, as social behavior evolved, brain regions for central cognitive processing shrank in social insect species.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·April 30, 2015·4 min readBats in Flight: How Information About Airflow is Sent to the BrainStudying bats, researchers discover how the sense of touch plays a key role in powered flight.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 27, 2015·3 min readMustached Bats Use Both Sides of Brain to Process SoundsA new study reports mustached bats use both sides of their brains to process different aspects of sounds.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 20, 2015·3 min readGetting to Grips With Grasping AbilityNew research suggests Australopithecus afarensis could have had precision grip capabilities comparable to modern humans.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 15, 2015·5 min readComplex Cognition Shaped the Stone Age Hand AxeAccording to a new study, higher executive function was required to create a Lower Paleolithic hand axe.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·March 27, 2015·3 min readGenes Involved in Memory and Learning Activated when Professional Musicians PerformA new study investigates the effect of musical performance on the gene expression of professional musicians and finds enhanced activity in motor function, memory and learning.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·March 19, 2015·3 min readMale Attraction to Certain Body Types Has Evolutionary RootsAccording to a new study, a man's attraction to curvy women is rooted in evolution.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 8, 2015·3 min readMice Don’t Need the Cortex to Sing Their SongsResearchers explore the foundations of vocal learning.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·March 5, 2015·3 min readResearchers Map ‘Switches’ That Shaped the Evolution of the Human BrainA new study provides detailed information about human specific changes in gene regulation and human brain development.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·February 27, 2015·3 min readA Gene for Brain SizeResearchers discover a specific gene only found in humans, Neanderthals and Denisova-Humans which trigger brain stem cells to form a bigger pool of stem cells.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·February 19, 2015·4 min readEvolving a Bigger Brain with Human DNAResearchers have shown it is possible to pick out key changes in genetic code between humans and chimpanzees. They were then able to visualize the contributions to early brain development using mouse embryos.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience VideosPsychology·January 13, 2015·4 min readWorld’s Oldest Butchery Tools Gave Evolutionary Edge to Human CommunicationA new study provides evidence for the co-evolution of our ability to communicate and Stone Age butchery tools.Read More