Decoding How Brain Circuits Control Behavior
Researchers have identified how two types of neurons divide the labor to plan and initiate movements.... Read More...
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How the Brain Decides What to Learn
The paraventricular thalamus helps the brain identify and track the most salient details of a situation, helping to enhance learning, a new study reveals.... Read More...
How LSD Changes Perception
Researchers report LSD triggers a reduction in functional connection between areas of the brain that govern cognitive processes, while increasing connectivity in brain networks associated with sensory functions. ... Read More...
Sensory Perception is Not A One Way Street
Researchers decipher the pathways by which the brain alters its own perception of the outside world.... Read More...
How Dogs Process Words
A new neuroimaging study reveals how dogs process words they have been taught to associate with objects. Findings suggest dogs have a rudimentary neural representation of meaning for words they have been taught.... Read More...
Thalamus Wakes the Brain During Development
Researchers have discovered the thalamus plays a crucial role in the development of normal sleep and waking states.... Read More...
Dehydration Alters Human Brain Shape, Activity and Slackens Task Performance
According to researchers dehydration can lead to more errors on task performance. Additionally, fMRI neuroimaging showed dehydration can alter brain structure temporarily. ... Read More...
Giant Neurons in the Brain May Play Similarly Giant Role in Awareness and Cognition
Researchers reveal the role nucleus gigantocellularis neurons play in generalized arousal and cognition.... Read More...
New Brain Pathway for Escaping Predators Discovered
Researchers report on the role of the thalamus in perception and reaction to predators.... Read More...
Visualizing the Connections Between Eye and Brain
A new study describes the activity of retinal neurons as they deliver visual information to the thalamus, an area of the brain implicated in image processing.... Read More...
Waking Up is Hard to Do: Prefrontal Cortex Implicated in Consciousness
A new study reveals the prefrontal cortex may play a role in coordinating the level of consciousness through the cholinergic system.... Read More...
Where the Brain Processes Spiritual Experiences
Researchers say the inferior parietal lobe, thalamus and caudate play key roles in processing spiritual experiences.... Read More...