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·November 20, 2025·7 min read

The Brain Has a Dance Mode, And AI Just Mapped It

A team of researchers used a massive dance video dataset and advanced AI models to map how the human brain interprets dance, revealing striking differences between experts and nonexperts. By pairing fMRI recordings with AI-derived cross-modal features, they found that higher-order brain regions outperform simple motion or sound cues when processing choreography.

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·November 19, 2025·6 min read

Brain’s “Hourglass Timer” Controls the Precise Timing of Movement

Researchers have discovered how the brain keeps time for precise movements, revealing a neural “hourglass” mechanism between the motor cortex and striatum. The motor cortex sends timing signals that accumulate in the striatum until they reach a threshold that triggers action.

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·November 17, 2025·6 min read

Next-Gen Wearable Lets You Control Machines with Simple Gestures

A new wearable system uses stretchable electronics and artificial intelligence to interpret human gestures with high accuracy even in chaotic, high-motion environments. Unlike traditional gesture-based wearables that fail under movement noise, this patch-based device filters interference in real time, allowing gestures to reliably control machines such as robotic arms.

Neuroscience

·November 10, 2025·3 min read

Why the Brain Struggles to Switch Between Learned Motor Skills

A new study shows that people often struggle to switch between familiar motor skills and newly learned movement patterns, leading to predictable errors. Volunteers tended to stick with the previous movement strategy even when instructed to switch, revealing how deeply motor habits persist.

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·September 11, 2025·6 min read

Octopus Arms Inspire Next-Gen Robots with Unmatched Flexibility

Researchers have compiled the first complete catalog of octopus arm movements from 25 wild octopuses filmed in their natural habitats. The study revealed 12 types of arm motions, including elongation, shortening, bending, and probing, with specific regions of the arm specialized for certain actions.

This shows a brain and a pair of hands holding a tool.

Featured Neuroscience

·August 19, 2025·6 min read

How the Brain Constructs Human Tool-Using Abilities

New research shows that the brain organizes hand movements using a kind of “action alphabet” stored in the supramarginal gyrus. This brain region builds complex actions like turning a key or using scissors by recombining small sets of basic movement patterns, or kinematic synergies.

This shows a person standing still and others moving.

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·July 17, 2025·7 min read

Motion is Your Signature: How Dynamic Cues Reveal Identity

New research highlights the critical role of dynamic motion in recognizing familiar people, beyond static facial or body features. Faces, voices, and body movements each carry unique, idiosyncratic motion patterns — or “dynamic fingerprints” — that help perceivers identify individuals, even under challenging conditions.

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·July 16, 2025·5 min read

Running the Clock: Attention and Movement Skew Time Perception

A new study shows that the way we move our bodies can warp our sense of time — not just because of physical exertion, but because of the cognitive demands of motor control. Researchers found that participants overestimated stimulus durations while running, walking backward, or performing a distracting mental task, compared to standing still.

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·June 11, 2025·4 min read

How Serotonin Circuits Learn from Motion to Regulate Behavior

Scientists have uncovered how serotonergic neurons in larval zebrafish process visual information tied to movement to determine when and how much serotonin to release. This neuromodulator fine-tunes the fish’s swimming effort, adjusting behavior based on the effectiveness of past actions.

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·May 28, 2025·6 min read

Brain Neurons Act Like Traffic Lights to Control Every Move

New research reveals that neurons in the basal ganglia not only initiate movement but also suppress it with remarkable precision, challenging the traditional view that they merely act as a brake. Scientists studying mice found that individual neurons in the Substantia Nigra pars reticulata (SNr) switch dynamically between activation and inhibition based on the phase of a movement.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·May 6, 2025·4 min read

Finger Movements Offer New Clues for Autism Detection

Subtle hand movements during grasping tasks may help diagnose autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with high accuracy. Using machine learning, researchers analyzed how autistic and non-autistic individuals used their fingers to grasp objects, achieving approximately 85% classification accuracy.

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·February 27, 2025·5 min read

Research Rewrites Striatum’s Role in Action and Movement

A new study challenges the long-held belief that the striatum is responsible for selecting actions. Researchers found that instead of making decisions, the striatum and motor cortex work together to specify movement details, such as how to reach for an object.

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movement

The Brain Has a Dance Mode, And AI Just Mapped It

Brain’s “Hourglass Timer” Controls the Precise Timing of Movement

Next-Gen Wearable Lets You Control Machines with Simple Gestures

Why the Brain Struggles to Switch Between Learned Motor Skills

Octopus Arms Inspire Next-Gen Robots with Unmatched Flexibility

How the Brain Constructs Human Tool-Using Abilities

Motion is Your Signature: How Dynamic Cues Reveal Identity

Running the Clock: Attention and Movement Skew Time Perception

How Serotonin Circuits Learn from Motion to Regulate Behavior

Brain Neurons Act Like Traffic Lights to Control Every Move

Finger Movements Offer New Clues for Autism Detection

Research Rewrites Striatum’s Role in Action and Movement

AI Reveals Lions Don’t Just Roar, They Have a Second Call

What Triggers Tantrums? Sensory Overload May Be To Blame

Brain Circuit That Forces Behavior Into “Repeat Mode” Identified

Genetics Plus Heart Health Markers Sharpen Dementia Risk

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