FeaturedNeuroscience·September 30, 2016·5 min readHow a Fluctuating Brain Network May Make Us Better ThinkersResearchers suggest understanding fluctuations in brain networks may reveal how some people are able to learn new tasks more quickly.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 28, 2016·3 min readHow the Brain Decides Between Effort and RewardA new study reports on how our brain decides if performing a certain task is worth the effort.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 26, 2016·5 min readWhat Happens When the Brain is Artificially StimulatedA new study describes how stimulating a single region of the brain affects the activation of other regions.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·September 26, 2016·3 min readThe Language of SensesResearchers have identified gene expression signatures common to sensory processing that facilitates the brain's interpretation of sensory input.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 24, 2016·5 min readTeaching Computers to Identify OdorsResearchers use machine learning algorithms to train a computer to recognize the neural patters associated with various odors.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·September 23, 2016·5 min readHow Does Our Brain Decide Whether A Situation is Pleasant or Not?Researchers have identified a mechanism that allows us to judge whether a difficult social situation is emotional negative or positive.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 21, 2016·4 min readStimulating Neurons Could Protect Against Brain DamageResearchers have discovered a previously unknown mechanism that allows neural networks to protect against the spread of secondary brain damage as seen in TBI and ischemic stroke.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 20, 2016·3 min readHow the Brain Separates Relevant and Irrelevant InformationResearchers have developed a new theory that outlines how the brain separates relevant from irrelevant information.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·September 20, 2016·6 min readAlcohol, Tobacco and Time Spent Outdoors Linked to Brain ConnectionsResearchers have released data from the world's largest brain and body scanning study.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 14, 2016·5 min readClues to How ‘Super-Agers’ Retain Young MemoriesA new study sheds light on how some older people retain youthful thinking abilities and the brain circuits that support those abilities.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·September 13, 2016·6 min readBrain Network That Controls Spread of Seizures IdentifiedResearchers created a computer model based on direct brain recordings from epilepsy patients and discover the existence of a network of neural regions directly involved in seizures.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 12, 2016·4 min readSynaptic Connectivity Motifs Contribute to Efficient Memory Retrieval in HippocampusResearchers combine functional connectivity analysis and network modeling to investigate synaptic mechanisms of pattern completion in hippocampal CA3 network.Read More
