AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 20, 2018·3 min readAmygdala Neurons Increase as Children Become Adults; Except in AutismA new PNAS study reveals typically developing children experience neurogenesis in the amygdala as they become adults. However, for those with autism, the amygdala loses neurons as they age.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 20, 2018·4 min readEven Flies Like a Familiar SongA new fruit fly study reveals how learned auditory cues can alter mating behavior and sexual preference.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 20, 2018·3 min readSPECT Imaging Predicts Outcomes For Those with DepressionA new SPECT imaging study reveals those with treatment resistant depression have lower cerebral blood flow within the frontal, parietal and temporal lobes.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·March 20, 2018·4 min readWhy Do Some People ‘Hear’ Silent Flashes?Researchers investigate the mechanisms behind one of the most common forms of synesthesia.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·March 20, 2018·4 min readIllusory Motion Reproduced by Deep Neural Networks Trained for PerceptionResearchers have successfully reproduced illusory motion in deep neural networks that were trained for perception. The DNNs were able to accurately reproduce the direction of illusory rotation humans observe while looking at a popular optical illusion.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 19, 2018·4 min readThree Genes Essential for Cells to Tell TimeResearchers have identified three new genes associated with circadian rhythm regulation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 19, 2018·5 min readDon’t Blame Adolescent Social Behavior on HormonesA new study challenges conventional belief, reporting pubertal hormones are not responsible for changes in social behavior during adolescence.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·March 19, 2018·5 min readNerve Cells That Enable Fruit Flies to Escape Danger DiscoveredResearchers have identified neurons that help to initiate an escape from danger response in fruit flies.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 19, 2018·4 min readDecoding the Chemistry of FearDiscovery about fear pathways in the brains of worms could have implications for better understanding anxiety in humans, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 19, 2018·7 min readWe Can Read Each Other’s Emotions From Subtle Changes in Facial ColorResearchers reveal people are able to correctly identify, with 75% accuracy, expressions of emotion in others based on subtle changes in color around the nose, eyebrows and chin.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 19, 2018·5 min readDecision Making is Shaped by Individual Differences in the Functional Brain ConnectomeResearchers report individual differences in functional brain connectivity reflects differences in how certain intrinsic connectivity networks engage during decision making.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 18, 2018·3 min readYour Gender May Affect How You Perceive a Woman’s Anxiety in STEMA new study reports males are more likely to attribute anxiety amongst women in STEM classes to being ill prepared for study, while women attribute anxiety to external factors, including gender bias and negative stereotyping.Read More