How Intensive Instruction Changes Brain Circuitry in Struggling Readers
Eight weeks of specialized tutoring helps strengthen white matter connections in those with dyslexia, helping to improve reading performance, researchers say.... Read More...
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Maps Made of Nerve Cells
Researchers have created a new model that may help explain how the brain stores memories of tangible events. The new model explains how neural activity in the hippocampus can help map space, time and context in episodic memories.... Read More...
Lab Grown Neurons Improve Breathing Following Spinal Cord Injury: Mouse Study
By transplanting V2a interneurons, researchers improved respiratory function in mice with spinal cord injuries, a new study reports.... Read More...
Human Drug Addiction Behaviors Tied to Specific Impairments in 6 Brain Networks
A new study reports impairments in six brain networks are associated with addiction behaviors. The findings may pave the way for developing more targeted treatments for addiction.... Read More...
How the Brain Performs Flexible Computations
A new neural model reveals how the brain is able to adapt and process new information, researchers report.... Read More...
A New Model For Brain Communication
Researchers propose a new communication model to explain how brain networks can be navigated to achieve efficient information transfer.... Read More...
What Do Animals Want?
A new machine learning study reveals behavioral strategies in worms. The study, researchers say, may shed light on how humans make decisions.... Read More...
Impaired Brain Pathways May Cause Attention Problems Following Stroke
Researchers report the impairment of the right thalamic and caudate prefrontal pathways appear to be associated with attention deficits in patients following a stroke. ... Read More...
Unexpected Discovery Gives Rise to New Model For Brain Network Studies
Researchers from Karolinska Institute have made an important discovery that could impact neuroscience research. Researchers found TIDA neurons have different wiring in rats and mice. This is due to mice lacking gap junctions. Findings have inspired scientists to create a new model for studying the role of gap junctions in the brain.... Read More...
Brain Circuit Helps Us Learn By Watching Others
A new study reveals the role the anterior cingulate cortex and basolateral amygdala play in observational learning. ... Read More...
Researchers Find Fear and Courage Switches in Brain
Researchers have identified a cluster of neurons in mouse brains that encourage fear response to perceived threats. When an adjacent cluster of neurons is activated, boldness and courage behaviors are exhibited.... Read More...
Loss of Brain Synchrony May Explain Working Memory Limits
Trying to retain too much information in our working memory can lead to a breakdown in communication between areas of the brain responsible for maintaining it, researchers say.... Read More...