FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 3, 2020·4 min readStress thwarts ability to plan ahead by disrupting how we use memoryStress generates lower levels of activity in the hippocampus and frontal-parietal lobe networks, hindering the ability to make certain decisions and plan ahead.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 1, 2020·5 min readHow dopamine drives brain activityNeuroimaging reveals how dopamine released from the striatum influences brain activity in the motor cortex and insular.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 27, 2020·5 min readWatch and learn: How the brain gains knowledge through observationThe brain chooses between two neural systems responsible for emulation learning and imitation learning. Study reveals how the brain chooses which strategy to employ when faced with an observational learning task.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 26, 2020·4 min readBrain mapping study suggests motor regions for the hand also connect to the entire bodyThe hand knob area of the premotor cortex operates across a wide range of motor functions and body areas.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·March 24, 2020·4 min readAntibodies in the brain trigger epilepsyAnti-Drebrin auto-antibodies may be responsible for limbic encephalitis.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 11, 2020·4 min readA delicate dance of dynamic changes in the conscious brainThe brain quickly transitions from one network to another in regular patterns. The transition trajectories constitute a temporal circuit where the conscious brain cycles through a structured pattern of states over time.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 9, 2020·5 min readOur brains can predict the virality of online videos, without us even knowing itScanning people's brains when watching videos, researchers found both neural and behavioral responses to the content could predict how long others would watch the same video on the internet.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 9, 2020·2 min readSensory information underpins abstract knowledgeNeuroimaging reveals our brains combine information from different categories of sensory information to drive abstract knowledge.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·March 5, 2020·3 min readExercise may slow brain aging by 4 yearsFrequent exercise, such as walking, swimming, and dancing, was associated with less brain shrinkage in older adults. The effect of exercise in older people was equal to four fewer years of brain aging.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 4, 2020·4 min readMother nose best: Child body odor provides olfactory clues to developmental stagesOlfaction plays a role in signaling key dynamic changes in the mother-child relationship.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 3, 2020·4 min readUltrasound waves focused on prefrontal cortex elevate mood and change brain connectivityTranscranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) can help elevate mood and decrease activity in brain networks associated with psychiatric disorders when directed at the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 3, 2020·5 min readArtificial sweeteners combined with carbs may be more harmful than sweeteners aloneConsumed alone, artificial sweeteners do not appear to have a negative impact. However, when consumed with carbohydrates, insulin sensitivity changes and the brain has a decreased response to sweet tastes.Read More
