FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 18, 2019·3 min readNewborn baby hiccups could be key to brain developmentContractions of the diaphragm muscles during hiccuping evoke a significant response in the brain's cortex, causing two large brainwaves followed by a third. The third brainwave is similar to that evoked by noise.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscience·November 18, 2019·4 min readResearch reveals no link between statins and memory lossStudy reveals there is no link between memory decline and statin use in older adults. Additionally, no association was found between statin use and cognitive decline in those with genetic risk factors for dementia.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 15, 2019·3 min readResearchers discover the brain circuits that rapidly detect friend or foeThree key components have been identified, which allow for the rapid processing of emotion to assess whether someone is a potential friend or foe.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 12, 2019·3 min readChronic adversity dampens dopamine productionThose who experience chronic adversity throughout life have impaired ability to produce sufficient dopamine levels to help them cope with stressful situations.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 8, 2019·3 min readBuilding the first holographic brain ‘atlas’Researchers used the HoloLense software to create an interactive holographic mapping system for axonal pathways in the human brain.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 8, 2019·4 min readBrains of girls and boys are similar, producing equal math abilityThere is no gender disparity in how children learn and perform math tasks.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 7, 2019·4 min readWhat your friends’ brains look like when they think of youTo accurately perceive another person, your neural representation of that person has to match the pattern in the persons' brain when they think about themselves.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 7, 2019·4 min readEnjoyment of pop music classics linked to combination of uncertainty and surpriseCombining neuroimaging data with machine learning, researchers report musical pleasure depends on a dynamic interplay between prospective and retrospective states of expectation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 6, 2019·2 min readCircuit responsible for building memories during sleep identifiedThe nucleus reuniens is responsible for coordinating synchronous slow waves between the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus during sleep. The findings suggest the nucleus reuniens plays a critical role in sleep-dependant memory consolidation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 5, 2019·4 min readTalk to the hand: Human brain can rewire itself after traumatic bodily injuryWhen the brain is deprived of input from a limb following amputation, it reorganizes its neural map and reroutes the function to the remaining limb.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 4, 2019·2 min readThe fetal brain possesses adult-like networksFeatures of the functional connectome are present in the fetal brain during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 4, 2019·5 min readScreen-based media associated with structural differences in brains of young childrenStudy reveals lower microstructural integrity in white matter tracts supporting language and emergent literacy skills in prekindergarten aged children exposed to excessive screen time media.Read More
