FeaturedNeuroscience·September 14, 2017·4 min readThe Bilingual Brain Calculates Differently Depending on the Language UsedA new study reports mathematical processes in the brain are influenced by language. Studying bilingual people, researchers discovered cognitive 'extra effort' is required for solving math problems when presented in the second language.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·September 13, 2017·4 min readTeens’ Ability to Consider the Intentions of Others Linked to Structural Changes in the BrainA new Scientific Reports study links structural changes in the teenage brain to behavioral changes when it comes to understanding the intention of others.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·September 13, 2017·4 min readPredicting Atypical Development in Infants at High Risk for AutismResearchers have identified biomarkers for atypical development in children as young as one month old who are at high risk of familial ASD.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 12, 2017·3 min readExplaining Bursts of Activity in Brains of Preterm BabiesResearchers have identified a source of spontaneous bursts of neural activity in the brains of preterm babies.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 11, 2017·4 min readScientists Track the Brain-Skull Transition from Dinosaurs to BirdsA new study examines the link between brain development and the bones of the skull roof during the evolutionary transition from dinosaur to bird.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·September 11, 2017·3 min readChildhood Maltreatment May Change Brain’s Response to ThreatResearchers report people who experienced emotional abuse and neglect as children exhibited increased amygdala activity in anticipation of a mild electrical shock. The findings suggest early life stress could have an impact on the perception of distant threat.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·September 11, 2017·6 min readCocaine Users’ Brains Unable to Extinguish Drug AssociationsA new study reveals chronic cocaine users have a global impairment of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 8, 2017·3 min readPolio-Like Disease in ChildrenA new study reviews the cases of two children who presented polio-like symptoms in Germany during the summer of 2016. Similar cases have been reported in the US and numerous other countries over the past few years.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·September 4, 2017·5 min readNew Insight Into Self-Control Through NeuroimagingA new neuroimaging study reveals self control varies depending on the importance of the decision. Self control, researchers note, may also be augmented when people are asked to justify their decisions.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 1, 2017·4 min readNew Tools May Reveal How Alzheimer’s Affects the Brain at Different AgesResearchers at Lund University have developed a new imaging method that can help doctors detect and track Alzheimer's disease in people of different ages more effectively.Read More
Brain CancerFeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·August 30, 2017·9 min readPatient Plays Saxophone While Surgeons Remove Brain TumorA musician who played his saxophone during surgery to remove a brain tumor helped researchers shed light on how music is processed in the brain.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 30, 2017·5 min readPinpointing the Origins of AutismResearchers identify network inefficiencies in the auditory cortex by the age of 6 months in infants who go on to be diagnosed with autism.Read More
