SCN2A, a gene commonly associated with intellectual ability, plays an essential role in memory formation and replay, a new study reports. Read More
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Neuroscience
Neuroscience
Neuroscience research articles are listed here. Every science article tagged with neuroscience is shown.
What is neuroscience? Neuroscience is the scientific study of nervous systems. Neuroscience often involves research from numerous science genres including brain science, psychology, neurology, computer science, artificial intelligence, big data, statistics, engineering, medicine, physics, mathematics, linguistics, electrophysiology, biology, anatomy and neurobiology.
A new study reports social memory deficits in schizophrenia may be a result of a decreased number of inhibitory neurons in the CA2 region of the hippocampus. Read More
A new study reports people living in areas with more sun light have lower rates of OCD. Read More
The majority of replication attempts of previous studies linking personality traits to life outcomes are successful. However, the associations may not be as strong as reported in the results originally published. Read More
Hunger fails to activate food reward circuits in people with anorexia. Read More
Researchers suggest blind and sighted people experience visual phenomena differently, but share a common understanding of them. Read More
Study reveals substantial variations in how different languages conceptualize emotions. The findings challenge assumptions about the universal nature of emotional semantics. Read More
Recovering from suddenly losing her vision, Vanessa Potter experienced a mingling of her senses and altered the way in which she saw colors. Read More
A new study reports greater physical fitness and a more elastic aorta can protect cognitive function during aging. Read More
Researchers propose Francisco Goya may have suffered from Susac's syndrome, a rare autoimmune disease that robbed him of his hearing. Read More
MRI neuroimaging can distinguish between memory loss caused by Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury. Using new image analysis software, researchers discovered TBI causes the most amount of damage to the ventral diencephalon, a brain area associated with memory and learning, and the least amount of atrophy to the hippocampus, a brain region most impacted by Alzheimer's. Read More
A new study theorizes the development of grid cells depends upon the synaptic input from place cells. Read More
