FeaturedNeuroscience·June 27, 2019·5 min readBrain structure determines individual differences regarding music sensitivityWhite matter connectivity between the auditory processing areas and brain areas associated with reward may explain why we like, or dislike music.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·June 19, 2019·5 min readInformation addiction: How information is like snacks, money, and drugs to your brainObtaining new information may be addictive. Study finds information acquisition shares the same dopamine producing reward system pathway as food, financial rewards and drugs.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 14, 2019·5 min readThe Circuits That Help You Keep Your CoolResearchers reveal how connections from around the mammalian brain stimulate two key cell types in the locus coeruleus to moderate arousal in two different ways.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 16, 2018·4 min readOur Brains Are Obsessed with Being SocialResearchers report the temporoparietal junction and medial prefrontal cortex experience increased connectivity during rest following encoding new social information.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscience·May 14, 2018·4 min readStudy Shows Details of Brain Networks in AutismStudy confirms the spatial layout of brain networks is more pronounced in those with autism. Additionally, most of the variations in network location was identified in attention networks.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscience·December 8, 2017·4 min readBrain Network That Helps Babies Learn to Walk IdentifiedResearchers have identified a brain network that is involved in helping an infant learn to walk. Additionally, disruptions in the network may predict future risk of a child being diagnosed with ASD.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 3, 2017·7 min readElectron Microscopy Uncovers Unexpected Connections in Fruit Fly BrainMicroscopy technology allows researchers to discover new connections in brain areas associated with memory and learning in fruit flies.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 1, 2017·3 min readPeople with Psychotic-Like Experiences Spend Less Time in Healthy Brain StatesAccording to researchers, healthy people who experience subtle symptoms of psychotic disorders, such as hallucinations, have altered brain dynamics.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·October 9, 2017·3 min readWatch Out! Brain Network Calculates Impact of Approaching ObjectA new study investigates how the a specific brain network tracks the location and speed of an object, helping animals to prepare for imminent impact.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 7, 2017·2 min readA New Learning Rule for Memory Formation and Storage RevealedA new study questions traditional views of how memories are formed and stored in the brain. Additionally, researchers propose a new mechanism for learning.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 25, 2017·5 min readRinging in Ears Keeps Brain More at Attention and Less at RestResearchers reveal the precuneus is more connected to the dorsal attention network and less connected to the default mode network in people with chronic tinnitus.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 1, 2017·4 min readDietary Restriction Can Improve Learning in WormsA PLOS Biology study reports a dietary restriction increases a worm's ability to form associations.Read More