FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 2, 2022·5 min readMonkeys Routinely Consume Fruit Containing Alcohol, Shedding Light on Our Own Taste for BoozeStudy reveals monkeys utilize alcohol from fermented fruits as a source of energy.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·March 31, 2022·12 min readNow Fully Complete, Human Genome Reveals New SecretsNewly uncovered complete sequences for formally missing regions of the genome sheds new light on chromosomes and genetic diseases.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·March 20, 2022·7 min readAntabuse May Help Revive Vision in People With Progressive Blinding DisordersAntabuse, a drug commonly prescribed to treat alcohol use disorder, may help to restore eyesight in people with genetic retinitis pigmentosa and other disorders associated with retinal degeneration.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 10, 2022·5 min readSweet Vibes Between Longtime Couples Are Tied to Longer, Healthier LivesCouples who share positive experiences marked with humor and affection, and whose heart rates sync up, enjoy better health outcomes and live longer than couples who are more quarrelsome.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 6, 2022·9 min readAnxiety and PTSD Linked to Increased Myelin in Brain’s Gray MatterResearchers have discovered a link between anxiety behaviors and PTSD to an increase in myelin in the brain's gray matter.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 11, 2021·5 min readLow-Income Kids Use Different Brain Function to Ace Achievement TestsChildren from lower socioeconomic backgrounds with stronger connectivity between the lateral frontoparietal network and default mode network performed better in educational tests than those with weaker connectivity. The reverse was true for children from more privileged backgrounds.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 6, 2021·5 min readNew Test Predicts if Impulsivity Is PathologicalActing more recklessly when your emotions run high can be correlated to your reaction speed to visually disturbing images, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 21, 2021·11 min readBat Study Reveals Secrets of the Social BrainWireless neural recordings of freely interacting bats provides new insight into how the brain processes group communication.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 22, 2021·4 min readEarbuds That Read Your MindRetrofitting wireless earbuds to detect neural signals and relaying the data back to smartphones via Bluetooth, researchers say the new earEEG system could have multiple applications, including health monitoring.Read More
Brain CancerNeurologyNeuroscience·July 9, 2021·11 min readCellphone Radiation Is Harmful, but Few Want to Believe ItCell phone radiation increases the risk for a number of biological and health disorders, including gliomas and acoustic neuroma brain cancer. Researchers discuss how to reduce the risk of cell phone radiation.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·July 7, 2021·4 min readWhy Insisting You’re Not Racist May BackfireStudy reveals white people often send out the opposite message when they try to explain they are not racist.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 7, 2021·13 min readFor Neuroscientists and Researchers in General, a Checklist for Eliminating Gender BiasResearchers set forth a new summary of the forms gender bias can take and propose a new checklist to remedy the problems they discovered.Read More