A to Z

temporal lobe

This shows a drawing of a person meditating

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·November 11, 2021·4 min read

‘Orgasmic Meditation’ Alters Brain Function

"Orgasmic meditation" produces a distinct pattern of brain activity, researchers report. The practice alters activity in the frontal lobe and temporal lobe, an area of the brain associated with emotional processing.

Image shows the light can be measured through the skull.

Featured Genetics Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 26, 2015·4 min read

A Switch for Epilepsy

Researchers have decoded a central signal cascade associated with epileptic seizures.

$This image shows a brain with different regions highlighted.$

Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·August 13, 2015·3 min read

Aerobic Fitness and Thinner Gray Matter Linked to Better Math Skills in Children

A new study links better math skills in children with cardiorespiratory fitness and associated gray matter thinning.

Image shows different facial expressions and photos of objects taken from different perspectives.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·March 30, 2017·4 min read

Altered Perceptions

Researchers report on how certain activity in face cells can alter perception.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·December 18, 2018·4 min read

Are Near Death Experiences Hallucinations?

Researchers consider the neurobiology of near death experiences.

This shows the colorful outline of a woman's head with a colorful cloud-like thought bubble above it

Featured Neuroscience

·January 30, 2021·5 min read

Are the Brains of Atheists Different to Those of Religious People?

Study reviews differences in cognitive processes between atheists and those who believe in a deity.

This shows three brain scans, one from an Alzheimer's patient, one from a person with TBI, and one of a healthy aging brain

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·April 26, 2021·5 min read

Brain Changes Following TBI Share Similarities With Alzheimer’s Disease

Combining brain scan images with machine learning, researchers identified a number of brain changes following TBI that share similarities with Alzheimer's disease. The findings add to the growing body of evidence that the two conditions follow the same trajectories.

The image shows the connectivity matrices.

Featured Neurology Open Neuroscience Articles

·October 30, 2013·3 min read

Brain Connectivity Can Predict Epilepsy Surgery Outcomes

Researchers have identified a new and more accurate way to determine which portions of the brain suffer from epilepsy. The information could provide patients and doctors with better information as to whether temporal lobe surgery will provide the best treatment outcome.

Featured Genetics Neurology Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·February 15, 2019·4 min read

Brain Discovery Explains A Great Mystery of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

Researchers may have solved one of the great mysteries of neuroscience; namely, why neurons in the temporal lobe are the first to die in Alzheimer's disease, and why dopaminergic neurons are damaged first in Parkinson's.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·March 22, 2017·5 min read

Brain Rewires Itself to Enhance Other Senses in Blind People

Researchers report on the combined structural, functional and anatomical changes that occur in those born blind that are not present in the brains of people born with sight.