FeaturedNeuroscience·December 23, 2014·2 min readEcholocation Acts as Substitute Sense for Blind PeopleResearchers report human echolocation works in tandem with other senses to help deliver vital information for those with visual impairments.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·April 30, 2015·4 min readBats in Flight: How Information About Airflow is Sent to the BrainStudying bats, researchers discover how the sense of touch plays a key role in powered flight.Read More
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FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·July 21, 2015·4 min readExpectations About the World Help Shape the Developing BrainAccording to a new study, babies' brains respond not only to the presence of visual stimuli, but also the expectation of the stimuli.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·August 3, 2015·3 min readFly Brains Ignore Visual Input Caused by Their Own MovementsA new study reports flies can silence visual input generated by their own movement. The findings may help advance understanding of how ongoing behavior can influence visual processing.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 27, 2015·6 min readThe Plastic Brain: Visual Cortex of Blind Children Can be Remodeled to Process LanguageA new study reports that in blind children, a region of the brain that normally involved in visual processing can be remodeled to process language.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·January 6, 2016·3 min readRemembering Previous Events May Occur More Quickly Than ThoughtAccording to researchers, retrieving memories of past events may not take as long as we previously thought. It may also be possible to interfere with the process.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscience·January 14, 2016·5 min readAutism Linked Proteins Help Wire the BrainA new study reveals how three proteins associated with autism and other brain disorders, help to wire up specific areas of the brain responsible for sensory processing.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·February 15, 2016·4 min readSame Gene Dictates Size of Two Sensory Areas in the BrainNew findings have implications for better understanding how the human brain evolved and how it differs between people.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePain·March 18, 2016·5 min readMore Than a Feeling: The Anatomy of PainResearchers report pain is a multi-layered gradual event, consisting of sensation and emotion.Read More