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Featured Neuroscience

·June 20, 2013·2 min read

“Forrest Gump” Mice Show Too Much of a Good Thing Can be Bad

Using a line of genetically modified mice, researchers discover boosting acetylcholine can disturb cognitive function.

Featured Neuroscience

·December 4, 2014·4 min read

3D Compass in the Brain

A group of neurons in the hippocampal formation sense which direction the head is pointed, a new study reports.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 2, 2026·8 min read

AI Fails to Find Link Between Brain Structure and Navigation Skills

Advanced AI tools fail to find a link between the physical structure of the brain and navigation ability, challenging decades of neuroscientific assumptions.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·March 8, 2022·4 min read

Astrocyte Networks in the Mouse Brain Control Spatial Learning and Memory

In the brains of adult mice, astrocytes coupling contributes to neural functioning in the hippocampus, an area of the brain associated with spatial memory and learning.

This diagram shows the location of the hippocampus in the brain.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 18, 2013·2 min read

Brain Imaging Study Reveals Our Brains ‘Divide and Conquer’

A new study sheds light on how learning the layout of a new environment and accessing the information from memory, is represented in the brain.

Featured Neuroscience Visual Neuroscience

·September 17, 2019·5 min read

Brain may not need body movements to learn virtual spaces

Vision appears to play a more dominant role than motor movements when it comes to encoding memory of large-scale spaces. The findings address a long-standing debate as to whether or not body movements aid the learning of physical spaces.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 19, 2017·3 min read

Brain Stimulation Used Like a Scalpel To Improve Memory

Researchers target the cortical hippocampal network with non-invasive brain stimulation to help improve precise memory.

This image shows different images from the virtual museum.

Featured Neuroscience Neuroscience Videos

·October 15, 2014·6 min read

Brain’s Compass Relies on Geometric Relationships

People use geometrical relationships to help orient themselves, a new study reports.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 3, 2016·4 min read

Brain’s GPS System Tracks Location While at Rest

A new study fills in major gaps in research about the brain's so-called 'GPS system'.

This image is Santiago Ramon y Cajal's drawing of a hippocampus.

Featured Neuroscience

·November 24, 2014·5 min read

Brain’s Reaction to Virtual Reality Should Prompt Further Study

New findings from virtual reality study could help provide treatments for those with memory problems, study reports.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·November 14, 2021·4 min read

Can’t Find Your Keys? You Need a Chickadee Brain

A new study reveals there is a genetic component to spatial memory in Mountain Chickadees.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience Psychology

·January 8, 2019·4 min read

Childhood Stress Affects Behavior of Offspring: Mouse Study

Researchers report on the epigenetic effect of early life stress. In a new study, researchers reveal mice who experienced stress in the first few weeks of life showed deterioration in memory, learning and maternal behaviors. Behavioral changes were seen in their later offspring, regardless of sex.

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spatial memory

“Forrest Gump” Mice Show Too Much of a Good Thing Can be Bad

3D Compass in the Brain

AI Fails to Find Link Between Brain Structure and Navigation Skills

Astrocyte Networks in the Mouse Brain Control Spatial Learning and Memory

Brain Imaging Study Reveals Our Brains ‘Divide and Conquer’

Brain may not need body movements to learn virtual spaces

Brain Stimulation Used Like a Scalpel To Improve Memory

Brain’s Compass Relies on Geometric Relationships

Brain’s GPS System Tracks Location While at Rest

Brain’s Reaction to Virtual Reality Should Prompt Further Study

Can’t Find Your Keys? You Need a Chickadee Brain

Childhood Stress Affects Behavior of Offspring: Mouse Study

Cannabis Destroys Sleep Quality

Genetic Risk for Anorexia May Begin Outside the Brain

Higher BMI Linked to Longer Survival After a Dementia Diagnosis

Can We Predict Hearing Loss Long Before Symptoms Ever Start?

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