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·February 27, 2019·5 min read

A Gentle Method For Unlocking the Mysteries of the Deep Brain

Researchers report EEG technology has the ability to study activity of areas deep inside the brain, such as the thalamus and nucleus accumbens. The findings will help shed new light on disorders that affect these brain regions, such as Parkinson's disease and OCD.

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·January 2, 2019·5 min read

How Does the Brain Learn by Talking to Itself?

A new study reveals the role synaptic feedback systems play in shaping learning processes. The findings could help develop more efficient artificial intelligence techniques.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 7, 2018·4 min read

Being Yelled At: Our Brain on Alert in a Flash

Researchers report our brain is on high alert while listening to voices, finding we respond much faster to vocal aggression than normal or happy voices. The reason, researchers say, could be that our attention is more focused on threatening voices to help us recognize the location of a potential threat.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·September 17, 2018·4 min read

Resynchronizing Neurons to Erase Schizophrenia

Researchers report that by increasing the excitability of a subpopulation of hippocampal inhibitory neurons, certain behavioral symptoms associated with schizophrenia can be suppressed.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·August 31, 2018·4 min read

When Neurons Turn Against Themselves

Researchers say in some autoimmune disorders, such as Rasmussen's encephalitis, neurons are not only the targets for immune system attacks, but may also be active protagonists.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·August 21, 2018·5 min read

How the Brain Suppresses the Act of Revenge

A new neuroimaging study reveals the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex plays a vital role in suppressing the act of revenge.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·July 26, 2018·4 min read

Electricity Sparks Neural Diversity During Brain Development

Researchers report bioelectrical potential is a driving force for stem cells to generate different neuron types during embryogenesis.

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·May 15, 2018·4 min read

First Clues to the Causes of Multiple Sclerosis

Researchers report TOX, a DNA binding factor, may play a significant role in triggering multiple sclerosis. The study reports TOX promotes T cells to initiate autoimmune tissue destruction in the brain.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·April 26, 2018·5 min read

No Future for Egotists – That’s What Their Brain Says

A new neuroimaging study reveals people who consider themselves to be egotistical have no increased activity in the ventromedial prefrontal cortex when they think about the distant future. By contrast, altruistic people have increased activity in this region when asked to consider the consequences of the distant future.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Visual Neuroscience

·April 11, 2018·5 min read

Babies Make the Link Between Vocal and Facial Emotion

Babies as young as six months of age are able to transfer emotional information from the auditory to visual mode, researchers report.

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·January 31, 2018·5 min read

BA or DA? Decoding Syllables to Show the Limits of Artificial Intelligence

A new study reveals current machine learning algorithms may not be reliable in identifying brain regions associated with processing specific syllables. Researchers report machine learning may be effective at decoding mental activity from neuroimaging data, but is not quite so effective at decoding specific information processing mechanisms in the brain.