FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychologyVisual Neuroscience·April 1, 2015·6 min readFaster Consolidation of Learning Visual Tasks Seen in Video Game PlayersA new study reports video gamers could learn visual tasks quicker than their non gaming peers.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·March 31, 2015·2 min readTracking Dendritic Activity During Learning Reveals How the Brain Encodes and Stores InformationA new study provides additional insight into how the brain stores and encodes new information.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·March 30, 2015·3 min readBuilding Block for Memory and Learning IdentifiedResearchers discover a key receptor which is responsible for activating opposing forms of plasticity in the hippocampus.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
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 24, 2015·3 min readBrain Sees New Words as Pictures After Learning ThemNew research could help explain how the brain processes words.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·March 23, 2015·4 min readGenomewide Screen of Learning in Zebrafish Identifies Enzyme Important in Neural CircuitResearchers identify a set of genes which, in a zebrafish model, appear to be important for learning.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 18, 2015·5 min readPosture Can Affect Infant Memory and LearningWhen it comes to learning new information, posture plays a critical role, a new robotics and infant learning study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 17, 2015·3 min readTracing the Brain Processes Which Occur During Technical Concept LearningAccording to a new study, the brain builds up novel technical knowledge over a course of different learning stages.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 11, 2015·3 min readComputer Model Developed to Explain how the Brain Learns to CategorizeA new computer model has been developed which helps explain how neural circuits learn to classify sensory stimuli.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·March 9, 2015·6 min readNewly Discovered Brain Pathway Could Solve Antipsychotic MysteryResearchers provide possible new insights into psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 8, 2015·3 min readNeuroscientists Identify New Way Several Brain Areas CommunicateResearchers have identified a new neural pathway by which several brain areas communicate within the striatum.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·March 5, 2015·4 min readAbnormal Brain Rhythms Tied to Problems with Thinking in SchizophreniaUsing a unique mouse model, researchers show cognitive deficits associated with schizophrenia may be reversible.Read More