FeaturedNeuroscience·March 16, 2020·2 min readScientists can see the bias in your brainYour brain waves show how you will respond to your bias, even before you have a choice to make.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·March 9, 2020·2 min readSensory information underpins abstract knowledgeNeuroimaging reveals our brains combine information from different categories of sensory information to drive abstract knowledge.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·March 2, 2020·3 min readSleeping sheep may offer clues to human brain diseaseMonitoring sleep spindles in sheep may one day translate to sleep based diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases in humans.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·February 17, 2020·1 min readBinaural beats synchronize brain activity, don’t affect moodBinaural beats, a form of auditory illusion, caused far apart brain regions to synchronize with each other at a different frequency than the beat. The auditory illusion did not, however, alter mood.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·February 3, 2020·3 min readBirth timing may affect brain developmentEarly birth prompted apoptosis to begin a day early, but delaying the birth did not alter when cell death began to occur. The study suggests birth time has an important and previously unrecognized effect on brain development.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 27, 2020·3 min readThe brain may need iron for healthy cognitive developmentIron levels in the basal ganglia steadily increase throughout development and, in two sub-regions, continue to increase into adulthood. Decreased levels of iron in the putamen was correlated with impaired cognitive performance involving reasoning and spatial processing. Findings suggest the brain requires iron for healthy cognitive development.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·January 20, 2020·2 min readA new role for neurogenesisDentate gyrus neurogenesis acts to replace lost neurons and restore function following massive neuron loss.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·January 2, 2020·2 min readHarnessing the microbiome to improve stroke recoveryShort-chain fatty acid supplementation improves stroke recovery in mouse models.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·January 2, 2020·2 min readHearing through lip-readingLip reading causes brain activity to synchronize with sound waves, even when there is no audible sound.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·December 26, 2019·3 min readHigh fat diet impairs new neuron creation in female miceFemale mice exposed to a high-fat diet have limited hippocampal neurogenesis. The findings may explain why women are at higher risk of developing dementia than men.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 16, 2019·2 min readThe effect of taking antidepressants during pregnancyExposure to antidepressants during the first few weeks of pregnancy has long term implications for sensory processing in the offspring.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·December 9, 2019·2 min readThe genetic signature of memoryCortical and subcortical memory regions exhibit distinct genetic signatures that reflect potential differences in health and disease.Read More