FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·February 5, 2018·6 min readHow Brain’s Reward System Lessened Distress Over 2016 Election ResultsPeople who tended to be more depressed as a result of the 2016 election have less family support and decreased activity in two key regions of the brain's reward system, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 8, 2018·1 min readAmphetamine Abuse Disrupts Development of the Prefrontal Cortex: Mouse StudyAccording to a new study to be published in eNeuro, amphetamine use may disrupt the development of the orbital prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with decision making.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 15, 2017·4 min readOffbeat Brain Rhythms During Sleep Make Older Adults ForgetAs we age, slow brain waves during non-REM sleep fail to time contact with sleep spindles efficiently, leading to a lessened ability to form new memories correctly, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 27, 2017·4 min readHow the Brain Reacts to Difficult Moral IssuesAccording to researchers, familial relationships in movies affect the reactions in the viewer's brain to moral dilemma addressed between characters.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 5, 2017·4 min readFound in Translation: Universal Brain Activity When People Find Meaning in Stories, Regardless of LanguageRegardless of our origin or native language, researchers discover universal patterns of brain activity when people find meaning in a story.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·October 3, 2017·5 min read‘Ideal Biomarker’ Detects Alzheimer’s Before Symptom OnsetResearchers have revealed a new, non-invasive, pre-clinical biomarker for Alzheimer's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 27, 2017·2 min readResearchers Uncover Brain’s Filing System for Storing ExperiencesA new study from NYU reveals how our brains organize experiences based on their similarities.Read More
Featured·September 18, 2017·4 min readLearning and Unlearning Fear: The Two Faces of NoradrenalineRIKEN researchers report neurons in the locus coeruleus play a key role in emotional and flexible learning.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·August 14, 2017·4 min readWhy Expensive Wine Appears to Taste BetterResearchers reveal how our brain's reward system tricks us into thinking a more expensive bottle of wine tastes better.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·August 3, 2017·6 min readAutism May Reflect Excitation-Inhibition Imbalance in BrainReducing the excitation-inhibition ratio by diminishing excitability of pyramidal neurons or increasing excitability of PV neurons led mice to spend more time engaged in social encounters. Researchers believe the excitation-inhibition balance may play a key role in autism and normal social behavior.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 26, 2017·1 min readThe Brain’s Fight and Flight Response to Social ThreatIn a study exploring the neural correlates of the fight or flight response, people who choose to flee perceive a greater threat, leading them to behaviorally and mentally disengage from a situation, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 19, 2017·1 min readPoor Adolescent Diet May Influence Brain and Behavior in AdulthoodA new study reports adolescent male mice fed with a diet lacking Omega-3 fatty acids performed worse on memory tests and showed increased anxiety during adulthood.Read More
