FeaturedNeuroscience·January 29, 2018·4 min read“Tickling” the Brain with Electrical Stimulation Improves MemoryLow intensity electrical stimulation to specific brain areas can help to improve short term verbal memory, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 29, 2018·5 min readLanguage is Learned in Brain Circuits that Predate HumansA new study reveals language is learned in brain systems that predate humans.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 27, 2018·3 min readCognitive Neuroscience and the Awareness of IgnoranceResearchers shed light on areas of the brain associated with metacognitive judgement.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 26, 2018·4 min readWhat Are Memories Made Of?A new study evaluates the roles AKT proteins play in synaptic plasticity, brain development and neuropsychiatric disorders.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 26, 2018·4 min readAerobic Exercise May Mildly Delay and Slightly Improve Alzheimer’s SymptomsAccording to researchers, aerobic exercise may be more effective than other forms of exercise when it comes to preserving cognition and slowing Alzheimer's decline.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 26, 2018·3 min readUsing Virtual Reality to Identify Brain Areas Involved in MemoryResearchers use virtual reality to discover how the brain assembles contextual memories.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 25, 2018·4 min readHoneycomb Maze Offers Significant Improvement Over Current Spatial Navigational TestsResearchers have developed a new maze to help test spatial and navigational memory. The new honeycomb maze is a significant improvement over the standard Morris Water Maze, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 24, 2018·3 min readCan’t Remember a Name? Blame the Left Side of Your BrainStudy reveals both similarities and differences in how the left and right sides of the brain process semantic memory.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 23, 2018·4 min readThe Creative Brain is Wired DifferentlySynchrony between the default mode network and executive control network appear to play an important role in creativity, Harvard researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 23, 2018·3 min readThe Ins and Outs of Area 25Researchers have mapped pathways in the A25 region of the prefrontal cortex. The brain region is implicated in emotion and memory processes.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 23, 2018·4 min readCurcumin Improves Memory and MoodCurcumin, a substance found in turmeric, improves both mood and memory in people with mild, age related memory loss, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 18, 2018·4 min readHow Your Brain Remembers What You Had For Dinner Last NightA small set of hippocampal neurons activate for each episodic memory, a new PNAS study reports.Read More
