Latest

SfN

This shows different images of the brain with areas of change highlighted

Featured Neuroscience

·July 12, 2021·3 min read

How Learning Braille Changes Brain Structure Over Time

A study of people learning to read braille reveals how white matter reorganizes itself across different brain regions and timeframes to meet the brain's needs.

This shows oxytocin neurons in the hypothalamus

Featured Neuroscience

·July 5, 2021·2 min read

The Same Neural Pathways Promote Maternal and Paternal Behaviors in Voles

Connections between oxytocin neurons in the hypothalamus and dopamine neurons in the reward system drive parenting behaviors in both male and female voles.

This shows the firing activity on a graph

Featured Neuroscience

·June 28, 2021·3 min read

Human ‘Time Neurons’ Encode Specific Moments in Time

Specific hippocampal neurons may be involved in time-related memory encoding. Findings reveal the human brain contains time-tracking neurons.

This shows brain slices

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·June 21, 2021·2 min read

Listening to Mix of Sounds and Silence Preserves Temporal Sound Processing in Mice

Temporal sound processing can be maintained in mouse models of congenital hearing loss with exposure to broadband sounds embedded with pauses, a new study reports.

This shows a silver and white fox with a toy in his mouth

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·June 14, 2021·3 min read

Breeding Foxes for Opposite Behaviors Produces Similar Brain Changes

Foxes bred to be either tame or aggressive had increased size in similar brain regions, a new study reports. The animals bred for specific behavioral traits had larger brains than those that were conventionally bred. The findings contradict existing theories of animal domestication.

This shows mice

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·June 7, 2021·3 min read

Mice Fathers Pass Down Stress Responses to Offspring via Sperm

Stressed male mice can pass down their behaviors to their offspring via alterations in their sperm's DNA, a new study reports.

This shows brain scans from the study

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·May 31, 2021·3 min read

Brain Activity Reveals When White Lies Are Selfish

White lies that are selfish in nature elicit increased activity in both the ventral and rostral medial prefrontal cortex.

This is a diagram from the study

Featured Neuroscience

·May 24, 2021·3 min read

The Brain Learns Faces Fastest In Person

In-person interactions strengthen neural signals related to facial recognition.

This shows brain scans from the study

Featured Neuroscience

·May 17, 2021·3 min read

The Brain Networks Underlying Imagination

The default mode network is divided into separate sub-systems for constructing and evaluating imagined scenarios.

This shows brain scans from the study

Featured Neuroscience

·April 26, 2021·3 min read

How the Brain Encodes Social Network Structure

Brain regions associated with spatial processing also appear to govern and encode information about social relationships.

This shows two graphs from the study

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·April 19, 2021·3 min read

The Auditory System Tracks Moving Sounds

The auditory system tracks the speed and location of moving sounds.

This shows a brain scan from the study

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience

·March 29, 2021·3 min read

Why the Brain Enjoys Music

Interaction between auditory areas of the brain and the reward system drive pleasure when we listen to music.

1 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 25