Featured·October 25, 2013·5 min readNRI Grant Will Provide Surgical Robots With a New Level of Machine IntelligenceThe NRI is providing researchers with a $3.6 million grant to help develop a new kind of machine intelligence for surgical robotics.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 19, 2015·7 min readSniffing You Out: Mosquitoes Use a Range of Cues to Find Their Human VictimsAccording to a new study, mosquitoes use visual, thermal and olfactory cues to seek out humans, making them almost impossible to avoid.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·September 18, 2015·3 min readCan Your Sense of Smell Predict When You’ll Die?Researchers were able to predict which worms would outlive each other by measuring how they move towards an appealing odor.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 22, 2015·5 min readHow the Brain MultitasksA new study hones in on the TRN as an area of the brain that could be responsible for multitasking.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 23, 2016·4 min readLive Imaging Technique Captures Brain Wide View of Neural ActivityA new technique allows researchers to look into the brains of living mice and witness the processing of sensory information in real time.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·June 16, 2016·6 min readImpaired Decision Making May Contribute to Motor Symptoms in Parkinson’sResearchers report some with Parkinson's disease could have a form of impaired decision making that may contribute to the movement problems associated with the disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 24, 2016·5 min readSmall Brain – Astounding PerformanceA new study reports the elephantnose fish utilizes both its eyes and electrolocation to explore objects in its environment.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 19, 2016·4 min readWith Eyes or Nose? How Young Children Use Sensory Cues to Make Social DecisionsSmell influences how children evaluate strange faces, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·August 1, 2017·5 min readMagic Helps Unlock How the Brain WorksResearchers have developed a new version of the classic Mirror Box Illusion to help better understand how the brain processes multiple sensory inputs to perceive our bodies and environment.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 3, 2017·7 min readElectron Microscopy Uncovers Unexpected Connections in Fruit Fly BrainMicroscopy technology allows researchers to discover new connections in brain areas associated with memory and learning in fruit flies.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·February 10, 2018·5 min readThe Mind of a Medalist: How the Brain Can Lead to Olympic GoldJHU researchers investigated the mindsets of Olympians. The brain activity of medal contenders reveals who will choke under pressure, and who will keep their cool.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 1, 2019·4 min readWhy Two People See the Same Thing But Have Different MemoriesResearchers investigate why two people who experience the same event often have different memories of what occurred.Read More
