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Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·July 9, 2021·5 min read

Understanding Our Perception of Rhythm

When perceiving rhythm, the brain makes two separate decisions based on grouping and prominence. The groupings mutually inform each other to generate an overall rhythmic perception.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·June 1, 2021·3 min read

Early Bird or Night Owl? Study Links Shift Worker Sleep to ‘Chronotype’

Findings of a new study could help to design better strategies to improve sleep in workers with atypical work schedules.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·April 6, 2021·4 min read

Resurging Psychedelic Therapies for Depression

As interest in using psychedelics to treat a range of mental health disorders grows, researchers consider the impact and therapeutic benefits of using psychedelics to help alleviate symptoms of depression.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·March 25, 2021·3 min read

Study Links Genes With Function Across the Human Brain

A new study that utilized machine learning tools provides a new map that links genetic signatures to functions across the human brain.

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·February 9, 2021·3 min read

How Accurate Are First Impressions on a First Date?

Forming an accurate impression of a person is important as people rely on their instincts when deciding to begin a relationship. People who report greater personal wellbeing are easier to "read" than others on first impression.

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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·February 8, 2021·4 min read

Happiness Really Does Come for Free

Money really may not be the key to happiness, according to a new study. Researchers found people who live in societies where money plays a limited role tend to lead a happier life.

Autism Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·January 26, 2021·5 min read

LSD May Offer Viable Treatment for Certain Mental Disorders

LSD increases social behaviors by activating 5-HTPA serotonin receptors and AMPA receptors in the prefrontal cortex, and the mTORC1 protein. Activating all three factors promoted social interactions. The findings suggest supervised LSD microdosing may help alleviate some of the social problems associated with ASD and other mental health disorders that impact social behaviors.

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·January 12, 2021·3 min read

Mothers, but Not Fathers, With Multiple Children Report More Fragmented Sleep

Mothers with more than one child reported more sleep disruptions that mothers with just one child. The number of children did not impact the quality, or quantity, of sleep for fathers.

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·December 16, 2020·4 min read

How Does Ketamine Combat Depression?

4E-BPs proteins are key to unlocking ketamine's antidepressant effects. When 4E-BPs are absent in neurons, ketamine can not produce its antidepressant effect.

Brain Cancer Featured Genetics Neurology Neuroscience

·December 15, 2020·5 min read

Origin of a Deadly Brain Cancer Identified

Researchers have identified a cancer-causing mutation in the PDGFRA gene that drives cell mutation and growth when activated. The findings have implications for the treatment of a subset of glioblastoma brain cancer.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·September 2, 2020·4 min read

Keeping the Beat – It’s All in Your Brain

Study identified the neural markers of beat synchronization in the brain and sheds light on how auditory perception and motor processes work together.