FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·December 19, 2013·3 min readBrain Research Provides Insight into Language LearningResearchers discover the mirror neuron system can be modified by language use.Read More
AutismFeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·February 24, 2014·3 min readNew Study Settles How Social Understanding is Performed by the BrainNew research settles how the brain makes sense of actions it witnesses others performing in daily life.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·March 14, 2014·5 min readSome Patients with Schizophrenia Have Impaired Ability to Imitate According to StudyResearchers report patients with schizophrenia exhibit abnormal brain activity in areas associated with the ability to imitate.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 17, 2015·4 min readBah Humbug: Christmas Spirit Located in the BrainResearchers use neuroimaging techniques to find 'Christmas spirit' in the brain.Read More
AutismFeaturedPsychology·February 24, 2016·3 min readSounds Help Develop Speech and Gestures in Children With AutismSpeech and gestures interact and that there is a strong relationship between them, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 5, 2018·5 min readMirror Neuron Activity Predicts People’s Decision Making in Moral DilemmasUCLA researchers investigated how the brain responds when people watch other experience painful events. The study reports neural responses predict whether people will be inclined to avoid causing harm to others when faced with moral dilemmas.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 29, 2018·4 min readMonkeys’ Brain Synchronize as They Collaborate to Perform a Motor TaskA new study reports when a pair of monkeys interact during a social task, their brains show episodes of high synchronization.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·February 25, 2019·3 min readEye Contact Prepares Brains for Social InteractionA new neuroimaging study reveals real time eye contact is a basis for effective social communication. The study found eye contact between two people simultaneously activated the same areas of each person's brain.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 8, 2019·4 min readAre you with me? New model explains origins of empathyA new model sheds light on the evolutionary origins of empathy and other associated phenomena. The model explains observed patterns of emotional cognition between social group members.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 11, 2019·4 min readI feel you: Emotional mirror neurons found in the ratStudy reports the anterior cingulate cortex of rats contain mirror neurons that respond to pain experienced by and observations of others.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 16, 2023·6 min readScientists Discover Mirror Neurons in Mice and Find They’re Tuned to AggressionStudy is the first to find mirror neurons in mice and in the hypothalamus, suggesting mirror neurons may have a more primal origin than previously believed.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscience·April 2, 2023·4 min readThese Neurons Are the Reason You Yawn When You See Others Do It, And They Could Help Us Teach Children More Creatively TooMirror neurons are essential for the human species. Not only do they allow us to learn by observation and imitation, but they also are essential for the development of empathy and social behaviors.Read More
