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Featured Neuroethics Neuroscience Psychology

·July 16, 2024·3 min read

Overestimation of Opponents’ Immorality Fuels Political Divide

A study reveals that Democrats and Republicans overestimate how much the opposing party approves of clearly immoral acts like theft or animal abuse. This "basic morality bias" is evident in social media posts and survey results, leading to increased political animosity.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·June 11, 2024·3 min read

How the Internet Warps Human Morality

A new study explores the impact of the internet on human morality, highlighting how evolved responses like compassion and the urge to punish are distorted online. The internet's constant stream of extreme stimuli leads to compassion fatigue, public shaming, and virtue signaling.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·August 22, 2023·3 min read

Immune’s Surprise Role: Regulatory T Cells Impact Mood and Memory

Regulatory T cells (Tregs), usually tasked with immune system regulation, might also play a pivotal role in mood stabilization. Controlled by the transcription factor Foxp3, any decrease in its expression has been linked to major depressive disorders.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·June 13, 2023·3 min read

Positive Parenting Shields Youth from Stress Impact

Positive parenting, as reported by children and teenagers, can safeguard young individuals from the damaging effects of stressors like financial hardship or serious illness. The research team used MRI data and survey responses from 482 participants aged 10–17.

Featured Neuroscience

·May 16, 2023·3 min read

Visual Neighborhood Model Predicts Human Crowd Dynamics Best

A new study suggests that human crowd behavior is best predicted by a visual neighborhood model, based on the visual fields of each person in the crowd. Researchers experiments with real and virtual crowds, finding that this model offered a more accurate prediction of crowd dynamics than other mathematical models.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·April 11, 2023·2 min read

Key Memory Receptors Are Located on Interneurons

Interneural α5-GABAARs play a critical physiological role in promoting spatial learning and serve as essential targets for the modulation of contextual memory.