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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.

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·July 18, 2019·5 min read

Neuron type that acts as brain’s metronome discovered

A distinct fast-spiking interneuron subtype mediates perceptually relevant brain oscillations, independently of local field potential and sensory drive.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 17, 2019·4 min read

Your spending data may reveal aspects of your personality

What you spend your money on may reveal a lot about your personality type. Those who are more open to new experiences spend more on flights and travel, while extraverts spend more on eating out. People with higher levels of neuroticism spend less on home loan repayments. Those who are more agreeable donate more to charity.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 17, 2019·1 min read

Legalized recreational marijuana a substitute for alcohol, but not tobacco

Legalized recreational marijuana may spell bad news for the alcohol industry, but not tobacco. A new study reports in states where the recreational use of marijuana is legal, internet searchers for alcohol-related products dropped by 11%, but tobacco-related searchers increased by 8%.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·July 17, 2019·3 min read

What You Think Is What You See

Perception and working memory are more deeply entangled than previously believed.

The gut and brain are highlighted in this drawing of a man

Featured Genetics Neurology Neuroscience

·July 17, 2019·5 min read

Bacterial intestinal infections may trigger Parkinson’s disease

Mice infected with bacteria that cause mild intestinal infections exhibited Parkinson's like symptoms later in life. The findings provide a pathophysiological model in which intestinal infections may act as a trigger for Parkinson's disease.

This shows an old lady looking out of a window

Featured Neurology Neuroscience Psychology

·July 17, 2019·2 min read

Apathy: The forgotten symptom of dementia

Feelings of apathy are present in almost half of all Alzheimer's patients.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·July 17, 2019·4 min read

Study pinpoints cell types affected in brains of multiple sclerosis patients

Projection neurons have been implicated in the progression of multiple sclerosis. A new study reports projection neurons are damaged by immune cells. This damage could contribute to both atrophy and cognitive changes associated with the disease.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·July 17, 2019·4 min read

Marijuana use may not make parents more ‘chill’

Parents who use marijuana and alcohol are more likely to use both non-violent and violent discipline on their children than those who do not use substances. The annual frequency of physical abuse was 0.5 times higher in those parents who had used alcohol and marijuana in the past year.

These brain scans shows the foot area highlighted

Featured Neurology Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Pain

·July 17, 2019·3 min read

Hit it where it hurts: Scientists reveal how mirrors cure phantom pain

Visual responsiveness in the somatosensory cortex diminishes significantly following mirror therapy for phantom limb pain. Before therapy, researchers discovered a strong, unexpected activation in the sensorimotor foot region of amputees to visually presented images of the foot. This response was no longer present following mirror therapy.