FeaturedNeuroscience·August 11, 2022·7 min readHow Not to Use Brain Scans in NeuroscienceWhile neuroimaging may be a standard in neuroscience and psychology research, a new study says researchers are massively underestimating how large the study sample must be for a neuroimaging study to produce reliable findings.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 29, 2021·5 min readUltra-High Field MRI Detects Differences in Brain’s HippocampusA neuroimaging study of people with Down syndrome reveals subtle differences in the structure and function of the hippocampus.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 25, 2021·5 min readMassive Study Reveals Few Differences Between Men and Women’s BrainsA large-scale meta-analysis reveals men and women's brains do have slight differences. However, the differences are due to brain size and not sex or gender. Researchers say brain differences between men and women are small and inconsistent once an individual's head size is accounted for.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 18, 2021·5 min readBabies Pay Attention With Down Payment From Immature Brain RegionNeuroimaging reveals when babies focus their attention, they utilize areas of the frontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with more advanced functions and previously believed to be immature in children under a year of age.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 13, 2021·3 min readMRI Scans More Precisely Define and Detect Some Abnormalities in Unborn BabiesMRI imaging is more adept at detecting fetal abnormalities than conventional ultrasound imaging.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 2, 2021·6 min readThe Most Detailed Look Yet at the Neuroscience of Placebo EffectsPatients who reported a greater reduction in pain following being administered a placebo showed larger reductions in brain areas associated with pain construction.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 22, 2021·4 min readPolitics and the Brain: Attention Perks up When Politicians Break With Party LinesNeuroimaging study reveals that when politicians take politically incongruent stances, people show stronger activation in the insula and anterior cingulate.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 3, 2021·4 min readA First Look at How the Psychedelic Salvinorin A Works in the BrainAs with other psychedelics, salvinorin A increased activity across the brain. However, salvinorin A use resulted in more random and disconnected signaling in the default mode network, a brain network associated with relaxing and daydreaming.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscience·December 17, 2020·6 min readBig Brains and White Matter: New Clues About Autism SubtypesTwo new studies shed light on brain development and changes in ASD. Researchers found the development of white matter tracts in the brain was linked to the severity of autism symptoms. Additionally, larger brain size at age 3 was linked to a larger brain size later in childhood.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 20, 2020·4 min readMemories Create ‘Fingerprints’ That Reveal How the Brain Is OrganizedResearchers identified several brain areas that acted as hubs for information processing across brain networks that contribute to memory recall. They observed how activation patterns within these networks differed on an individual level, based on personal levels of recall detail and imagination.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 17, 2020·3 min readLearning a New Language Changes the Brain’s Division of LaborLearning a new language as an adult alters hemisphere specialization for comprehension, but not for production.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 9, 2020·4 min readStudy Finds Evidence of Neurobiological Mechanism for Hallucinations and DelusionsHallucinations and delusions share a common neurobiological mechanism while simultaneously depending on symptom-specific pathways.Read More