When a neuron receives information, dendrites functionally work together to adjust for the complexity of the input. Read More
Obtaining new information may be addictive. Study finds information acquisition shares the same dopamine producing reward system pathway as food, financial rewards and drugs. Read More
Artificially prolonging hippocampal sharp wave ripples improves working memory. Read More
People are able to form the correct mental model of puzzles from either visual or haptic experiences alone and are able to predict haptic properties from visual ones. Findings suggest humans segment scenes into objects without explicit boundary cues by using purely statistical information. Read More
Combining infrared laser stimulation with ultra-high-field MRI, researchers revolutionize brain mapping. Read More
The secretory pathway delivery of cannabinoid type 1 receptor is axonally based, and surface expressed CB1R is more stable in axons than dendrites. Read More
An accumulation of depressive symptoms suffered between a person's twenties and forties are a strong indicator of linear decreases in memory function during their fifties. Read More
Delusional thinking is associated with slower alterations in personal belief, a new study reports. People who suffer more delusions also tend to seek out more information prior to making a guess, contradiction previous findings that those with psychosis are more prone to 'jump to conclusions'. Read More
Low-frequency optogenetic stimulation of the visual region of the brain impairs an animal's ability to make fine sensory discriminations. Read More
A new study reports neurons in the somatosensory cortex respond differently to various features of a surface, creating a high dimensional representation of texture in the brain. The findings could help develop neuroprosthetics capable of identifying textures in greater detail. Read More
A new study reports it takes longer for deaf infants to become familiar with new objects. Researchers say the study highlights a difference in how infants process information, even when the information is not auditory in nature. Read More
Researchers say the language we speak can affect the way in which we process, store and retrieve information. Read More
