FeaturedNeuroscience·April 10, 2017·4 min readA Little Inhibition Shapes the Brain’s GPSA new study reveals the role basket cells play in navigation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 7, 2017·5 min readBrain’s Navigation Is More Complex Than Previously ThoughtNew discovery could change the way we think about how the brain helps us to navigate.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 30, 2017·5 min readBrain’s “GPS” Does a Lot More Than Just NavigateThe entorhinal cortex plays a much broader role in memory and learning than previously thought, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 22, 2017·4 min readSatnavs ‘Switch Off’ Parts of the BrainResearchers report no additional activity in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex when a person uses satnav to enter into new areas.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 21, 2017·4 min readMaths and Maps Make You Nervous? It Could Be in Your GenesA new study reports our genes play a role in the anxiety some feel when faced with math or navigational problems.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsPsychology·January 21, 2017·5 min readGene That Enables Memories and Sense of Direction Produces Schizophrenia Like Symptoms When MutatedA new study reports mice that express a reduced amount of the TMEM108 protein were more likely to express schizophrenia like symptoms, including memory and navigational problems.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·January 19, 2017·5 min readExcess Tau Protein Damages Brain’s GPS For Alzheimer’s PatientsThe spatial dissociation in Alzheimer's disease that causes people to wander may be a result of tau accumulation in the entorhinal cortex's grid cells, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 16, 2017·4 min readHow Bats Remember DirectionsResearchers reveal how a specific group of hippocampal neurons encode the directions to a destination.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·October 24, 2016·5 min readMouse Decision Making More Complex Than Once ThoughtA new study reports rodent brains rely on a cascade of neural signals to help the animal choose one direction over another.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·September 21, 2016·4 min readMenstrual Cycle Affects Memory and Navigation SkillsResearchers report estrogen and progesterone can affect memory and problem solving.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 20, 2016·6 min readFinding Your Way Around in an Uncertain WorldResearchers have analyzed the brain activity of mice approaching a target under interrupted sensory inputs.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 26, 2016·5 min readBrain Uses Backward Instant Replay to Recall Important Travel RoutesUsing a chocolatey reward, researchers discover how rats form some memories.Read More
