A musician who played his saxophone during surgery to remove a brain tumor helped researchers shed light on how music is processed in the brain.
Do you know how many milliliters of blood is delivered to the brain per heartbeat, or whether you experience pain during brain surgery? Researchers explore five things you probably didn't know about the human brain.
Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center report that molecular disruptions in small neurons called granule cells – located in the dentate gyrus region of the brain – caused brain seizures in mice similar to those seen in human temporal lobe epilepsy.
Researchers have decoded a central signal cascade associated with epileptic seizures.
Researchers used electrodes implanted into the temporal lobes of patients to decode brain signals at nearly the speed of perception.
A large scale SPECT imaging study reveals women's brains are significantly more active in more regions than males, including the prefronal cortex and limbic areas. Visual and areas associated with coordination were more active in males, researchers noted.
Researchers discover the visual processing of numbers takes place in both hemispheres of the brain.
A new study reveals a new hypothesis about the role the amygdala plays in the experience and perception of fear. Researchers say, instead of directly mediating fear, the amygdala is involved in a person's ability to attend to the whites of another person's widening eyes, something that is more generally important to social functioning.
Researchers investigate why we experience episodes of déjà vu.
Researchers reveal sleep deprivation can disrupt neural communication. This can lead to mental lapses which affect memory and visual perception.
Researchers find no appreciable differences between the hippocampi of those at high risk for developing schizophrenia and those with the disorder.
Unexpected rewards boost memories of specific events. The findings may have implications for treating memory problems associated with depression.
