FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 3, 2017·4 min readMouth Clicks Used in Human Echolocation Captured in Unprecedented DetailResearchers have investigated the mouth clicks in human echolocation. They hope to use synthetic human clicks to investigate how sounds can reveal the physical features of an object.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·August 24, 2017·2 min readMathematical Tools Improve Theory and Prediction in PsychiatryA special edition of Biological Psychiatry explores how math models are helping to improve predictions in psychiatry.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·July 31, 2017·6 min readIntermittent Attention and Poor Memory Shape Public Perceptions of InflationResearchers reveal people react more to individual prices, but rational inattention leads to perception and overestimation of inflation rates.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 24, 2017·3 min readPhysics of Bubbles May Explain Language PatternsA new study reveals dialects move outwards from population centers, which may explain why some cities have their own dialects, researchers say.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·July 18, 2017·4 min readEmpowering Robots for Ethical BehaviorA new Frontiers in Robotics and AI study outlines a concept called Empowerment that may allow robots to adhere to self preservation while serving and protecting humans.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·July 6, 2017·5 min readBrain Stimulation May Help Children With Learning DifficultiesAn exploratory study reveals a brain stimulation method previously suggested to help adults learn math may also help children with mathematical learning difficulties.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·June 19, 2017·4 min readMathematical Modeling Uncovers Mysteries of HIV Infection in the BrainA new math model has helped researchers to uncover the progression of HIV infection in the brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 14, 2017·5 min readAre Left Handed People More Gifted Than Others? It Might Hold True For MathWhile many associate left handed people with being more gifted musicians and artists, a new study reveals left handers often outperform their right handed peers in difficult problem solving tasks.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 12, 2017·5 min readBlue Brain Team Discovers a Multi-Dimensional Universe in Brain NetworksBlue Brain Project shows our brains operate on many different dimensions, not just the three we are accustomed to.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 7, 2017·4 min readLimited Short Term Memory Caused by Interference From Similar Items Seen EarlierResearchers report working memory is often limited by interference from items we have seen earlier, leading to the appearance it having limited capacity.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 7, 2017·3 min readHow Cells Divide Tasks and Conquer WorkStudy could help explain how neurons achieve greater efficiency and reliability.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·May 16, 2017·5 min readDon’t Count on Your Chickens CountingResearchers contradict the accepted view that we biologically evolved a capacity for numerical cognition.Read More