FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 9, 2020·4 min readOlder Women With Type 2 Diabetes Have Different Patterns of Blood Use in Their BrainsOlder women with type 2 diabetes do not use as much oxygenated blood in their brains as those who do not have the disease. Findings demonstrate alterations in neural blood use are a primary reason for deficits in motor function experienced by those with diabetes.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·May 17, 2020·5 min readPresence of spouse alters how parents’ brains react to children stimuliWhen parents are physically together, they have higher similar responses in prefrontal cortex activity to the sound of their infant crying than when they were physically separated.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 10, 2020·5 min readBaby and adult brains ‘sync up’ during playResearchers detect measurable similarities in brain activity between babies and adults during play.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 27, 2019·5 min readPrenatal pesticide exposure linked to changes in teen’s brain activityAn advanced neuroimaging study reveals how organophosphate exposure in the womb leads to altered brain activity in teens.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 30, 2019·2 min readDo babies like yawning? Evidence from brain activityThe neural basis for a preference of yawning is apparent in babies as young as 5 months.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 2, 2019·4 min readResearch shows impact of poverty on children’s brain activityChildren from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, and whose mothers have lower levels of education, have weaker brain activity in areas of the brain associated with working memory and are more likely to experience attention problems.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 29, 2019·3 min readNewborn Babies Have Inbuilt Ability to Pick Out WordsUsing fNIRS, researchers discovered babies are able to pick out words from speech at as young as three days old.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·September 28, 2018·3 min readSensitive Babies Become Altruistic ToddlersA baby's attention to fearful faces may predict their level of altruism as toddlers, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 21, 2018·4 min readReading the Minds of PilotsStudy shows pilots in real flight conditions made more errors and had higher anterior prefrontal cortex activation than those who were placed in a simulator, when completing cognitively demanding tasks.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 21, 2017·6 min readBoosting Social Skills With Brain ScanningA new study aims to use neuroimaging technology to better understand the networks behind social interactions.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 15, 2017·5 min readBrain Responses to Lip-Reading Can Benefit Cochlear Implant UsersContrary to common belief, lip reading can have a beneficial effect for those with cochlear implants. Researchers found the more a person's brain responded to lip reading, the more responsive the brain became to sound delivered through the implant.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 12, 2017·4 min readCan A Single Exercise Session Benefit Your Brain?Summary: Researchers document not only the behavioral and cognitive effects of a single exercise session, but also the neurochemical and...Read More