FeaturedNeuroscience·July 13, 2023·8 min readWarping Time: How the Brain’s Inner Clockwork Dictates BehaviorIn groundbreaking research, researchers revealed how neural activity influences our perception of time. The study artificially altered neural activity in rats, distorting their sense of time duration.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 1, 2022·2 min readOur Brain as a Time Machine and Other Unsolved Questions About the Many-Faceted Mystery of TimeDuring an upcoming symposium, researchers will discuss the neurobiology of time perception, how emotion shapes our perception of time, and the role of memory in anticipation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 28, 2021·3 min readHuman ‘Time Neurons’ Encode Specific Moments in TimeSpecific hippocampal neurons may be involved in time-related memory encoding. Findings reveal the human brain contains time-tracking neurons.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 31, 2020·4 min readA Year of Blursdays: How Coronavirus Distorted Our Sense of Time in 2020Many people reported they felt like time was passing differently during the initial COVID-19 lockdowns. Researchers explore how the pandemic has contributed to the feeling of time distortion.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 18, 2019·4 min readForgetfulness might depend on time of dayMouse study reveals a gene that influences memory recall at different times of the day. Researchers identified how the gene causes mice to be more forgetful just before they normally wake.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 12, 2019·7 min readNeuroscientists make major breakthrough in 200-year-old puzzleTime plays a key role when it comes to Weber's Law.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·March 20, 2019·2 min readIt’s spring already? Physics explains why time flies as we ageA slower rate of image processing speeds up our perception of time as we grow older.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 15, 2019·3 min readNew Way By Which the Brain Marks Time IdentifiedA new neuroimaging study helped researchers capture the processes by which the brain stores information related to when events happen. The findings could help further the understanding of age related dementia.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 10, 2019·2 min readEarly Development of Memory for Space and TimeResearchers report episodic memory develops in distinct stages during postnatal maturation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 17, 2018·3 min readMeasuring Speed of Mental Replay of Movies Gives Insight into Accessing MemoriesStudy reports people access fully detailed memories at different speeds and levels of detail, often accessing older information first. Findings could help developing treatments for those with PTSD, researchers say.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychologyVisual Neuroscience·October 9, 2018·6 min readTime-Traveling Illusion Tricks the BrainResearchers have developed two new illusions that shed light on how our senses can influence each other, specifically, how the presence of audio can influence visual illusions.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 29, 2018·7 min readHow the Brain Experiences TimeResearchers have identified a network of cells in the entorhinal cortex that appear to play a key role into putting experience into a temporal context.Read More
