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Max Planck Institute

·September 2, 2022·4 min read

Dragons and Brain Evolution

Researchers created a molecular atlas of the bearded dragon's brain and compared it to the mouse brain. Findings reveal, contrary to popular belief, mammalian brains consist of an ancient reptilian brain supplemented with new mammalian features. Both reptilian and mammalian brains evolved their own clade-specific neuron types and circuits from a common ancestral set.

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Featured Neuroscience

·August 29, 2022·4 min read

Brief Exposure to Rapamycin Has the Same Anti-aging Effects as Lifelong Treatment

Brief exposure to Rapamycin, a promising anti-aging drug that has positive effects on health and lifespan, has the same effect as long-term exposure to the drug in animal models. The findings pave the way for testing the effects of short-term rapamycin exposure on the lifespan of humans.

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·August 26, 2022·5 min read

Massive Genome Study Informs the Biology of Reading and Language

A new genome-wide analysis of five reading and language based skills reveals a shared biological basis contributing to these skills.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 4, 2022·3 min read

Your Brain Is a Prediction Machine That Is Always Active

The brain constantly acts as a prediction machine, continuously comparing sensory information with internal predictions.

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Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·August 4, 2022·7 min read

Similarity Between Schizophrenia and Dementia Discovered for the First Time

Study reveals striking similarities in both behaviors and neuroanatomical changes between people with schizophrenia and behavioral-variant frontotemporal dementia.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 18, 2022·6 min read

Robot Dog Learns to Walk in One Hour

A new learning algorithm trains a robotic dog to walk within one hour, researchers report.

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·July 16, 2022·5 min read

A Brain Network for Social Attraction

A special network that runs from the retina deep into the brain may help mediate social attraction, a new study reveals.

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·July 15, 2022·4 min read

Children Compensate for Lack of Concentration Through Creativity

Creativity and spontaneous strategies help children to make tasks that require concentration easier.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·July 14, 2022·4 min read

Sentences Have Their Own Timing in the Brain

The brain encodes the structure of sentences and phrases into different neural firing patterns.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·July 9, 2022·5 min read

Spot the Difference: Brain Changes That Enable Fine Visual Discrimination Learning

Study uncovers the neural changes that occur during learning to improve discrimination of closely related visual objects.

Featured Neuroscience

·June 23, 2022·4 min read

Silence for Thought: Special Interneuron Networks in the Human Brain

Human cortical networks have evolved a novel neural network that relies on abundant connections between inhibitory interneurons.

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·May 31, 2022·4 min read

Healthy Development Thanks to Older Siblings

Mothers who reported stress during pregnancy reported their child experienced behavioral problems between the ages of 7 and 8. However, behavioral problems were reduced if the child had older siblings.