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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 15, 2020·5 min read

How expectations influence learning

Our brains make predictions based on experience during episodes of learning. Researchers found expectations during the predictions affect the activity of various brain networks.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·April 4, 2023·4 min read

How Genes, Brain Characteristics and Intelligence Are Connected

Using a combination of intelligence tests, genetic analysis, and neuroimaging data, researchers found there are only a few areas of the frontal, parietal, and visual cortices where gene variations influence brain characteristics which simultaneously influence intelligence.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 23, 2020·2 min read

How hearing loss in old age affects the brain

The stronger the hearing loss, the poorer hippocampal synaptic plasticity and memory ability become.

Featured Genetics Neurology Neuroscience

·May 20, 2021·4 min read

How Injured Nerves Stop Themselves From Healing

At the site of injury, nerves release a protein called CXCL12 which attracts growing nerve fibers and keeps them trapped in place. This prevents the nerve fibers from growing in the correct direction to bridge the injury site.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 27, 2017·3 min read

How Odors Are Turned into Long Term Memories

A new study reveals the piriform cortex is able to archive long term memory, but requires instruction from the orbiotfrontal cortex to indicate the event is to be stored as a long-term memory.

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Featured Neuroscience

·August 18, 2021·4 min read

How People Manipulate Their Own Memories

People influence the construction of past events on three processing levels, and that occurs unconsciously and automatically.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 9, 2019·3 min read

How playing the drums changes the brain

Drummers have higher microstructural diffusion in the corpus callosum, an area of the brain that connects the two hemispheres and which plays a critical role in motor planning.

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Featured Neuroscience

·September 17, 2021·3 min read

How Scents Take On Meaning

The olfactory system works in combination with the brain's reward and aversion systems in both learning and memory formation.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 7, 2020·4 min read

How serotonin balances communication within the brain

Study reveals how serotonin plays a key role in the scaling of current sensory input and outgoing brain signals.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·May 24, 2019·3 min read

How single neurons and brain networks support spatial navigation

Brain oscillations may help explain the link between individual neurons and larger scale networks for understanding spatial navigation.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·May 28, 2019·3 min read

How stress leads to Facebook addiction

Stress can have an impact on how we utilize social media sites like Facebook. Those who use the social network to facilitate social support during times of stress are more susceptible to developing Facebook addiction disorder.