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·November 20, 2019·3 min read

Shining a light on synaptic plasticity

AMPA receptors form and disintegrate continually, rather than existing as stable entities. The findings shed light on the early stages of synaptic plasticity.

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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 20, 2019·4 min read

How people trick themselves into thinking something is heavier than it really is

Holding a steering wheel at different arm positions can influence our perception of how much force we need to steer.

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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Visual Neuroscience

·November 20, 2019·4 min read

Walking changes vision

Walking leads to an increase in processing of peripheral visual input.

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Featured Neuroscience

·November 20, 2019·3 min read

Young children can learn math skills from intelligent virtual characters

Children exposed to virtual interactive characters in educational games learned more quickly and were more accurate in math responses when playing a virtual game. Findings suggest a child's interaction with virtual characters could help improve the learning of basic early math skills.

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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology Visual Neuroscience

·November 20, 2019·3 min read

Beauty in the biased eye of the beholder

When we see a painting, we rate its aesthetic value based upon other artwork we have just seen.

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Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·November 20, 2019·4 min read

Inflammatory processes drive progression of Alzheimer’s and other brain diseases

The NLPR3 inflammasome and the inflammatory response it triggers play a critical role in the emergence of tau pathology.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·November 19, 2019·4 min read

Yoga and physical therapy as treatment for chronic lower back pain also improves sleep

Following 12 weeks of yoga instruction, people with chronic lower back pain reported a significant improvement in symptoms and better sleep over 52 weeks.

Featured Neuroscience

·November 19, 2019·4 min read

Virtual ‘moonwalk’ for science reveals distortions in spatial memory

Memories learned within a distorted coordinated system are also distorted when recalled later.

Autism Featured Neuroscience

·November 19, 2019·7 min read

‘Face blindness’ may involve a failed brain network, and could shed light on autism

Prosopagnosia, or "face-blindness", involves an entire network, not just one area of the brain. The findings may shed light on poor facial processing abilities associated with autism.