FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·November 27, 2022·6 min read525-Million-Year-Old Fossil Defies Textbook Explanation for Brain EvolutionThe fossil of a 525-million-year-old tiny sea creature with a preserved nervous system may solve a century-long debate about how the brains of arthropods evolved.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPain·July 14, 2021·4 min readCannabis Terpenes Provide Pain Relief and Contribute to ‘Entourage Effect’Cannabis terpenes, the part of the plant which provides aroma and flavor, may provide therapeutic benefits in controlling pain, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeurosciencePain·March 4, 2020·3 min readHormone that causes women to experience more pain than men identifiedResearchers report the hormone prolactin, more commonly associated with lactation in new mothers, may underlie why women are more vulnerable to developing functional pain syndromes than men.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 15, 2018·3 min readCan Laughter Make Our Lives Better?Researchers report humor can be good in certain situation, but its effectiveness depends on your end goals.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·August 24, 2018·5 min readTesting Autobiographical Memory for Early Alzheimer’s DetectionResearchers report administering an autobiographical memory test to those with genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's may determine who will develop the disease. The study found those with the APOE e4 mutation describe autobiographical memories in much less detail than those without the mutation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 16, 2021·6 min readEver Been Lost in the Grocery Store? Researchers Are Closer to Knowing Why It HappensFindings shed light on repulsion, or why the brain treats similar environments as though they are more different than a pair of environments that have nothing in common.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 3, 2020·4 min readUltrasound waves focused on prefrontal cortex elevate mood and change brain connectivityTranscranial focused ultrasound (tFUS) can help elevate mood and decrease activity in brain networks associated with psychiatric disorders when directed at the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·July 31, 2023·5 min readBrain’s Memory Lane Outpaces Real-Time Experiences in Neural DanceResearchers have made a novel discovery regarding rhythmic brain signals known as theta oscillations. These neural dances, primarily observed in the hippocampus, were previously thought to be driven mostly by external events.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 15, 2020·5 min readBlue light can help heal mild traumatic brain injuryDaily, early morning exposure to blue light therapy can help the healing process in people suffering from mild traumatic brain injury.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 2, 2019·4 min readHow the brain finds meaning in metaphorEEG study reveals the use of metaphors elicits bigger N400s in the brain than abstract verbs.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 16, 2021·5 min readSleep Troubles May Complicate the Grieving ProcessPeople who suffer from sleep disruptions are at greater risk of developing complicated grief following the loss of a loved one.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceVisual Neuroscience·September 17, 2019·5 min readBrain may not need body movements to learn virtual spacesVision appears to play a more dominant role than motor movements when it comes to encoding memory of large-scale spaces. The findings address a long-standing debate as to whether or not body movements aid the learning of physical spaces.Read More