Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·June 25, 2018·6 min readHow Music Lessons Can Improve Language SkillsA new study reports children who receive musical training have better word discrimination than other kindergarteners who had not undertaken music lessons.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·June 12, 2018·3 min readBetter Physical Fitness and Lower Aortic Stiffness Key to Slower Brain AgingA new study reports greater physical fitness and a more elastic aorta can protect cognitive function during aging.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·June 7, 2018·4 min readWaves Move Across the Human Brain to Support MemoryAlpha and theta oscillations move rhythmically across the brain, reflecting neural activity propagating across the cortex to help form working memory, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 24, 2018·5 min readNew Parts of the Brain Become Active After Students Learn PhysicsA neuroimaging study reveals brain areas not commonly associated with science learning become active when people complete physics problems.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·May 21, 2018·4 min readReading the Minds of PilotsStudy shows pilots in real flight conditions made more errors and had higher anterior prefrontal cortex activation than those who were placed in a simulator, when completing cognitively demanding tasks.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 26, 2018·4 min readLoss of Brain Synchrony May Explain Working Memory LimitsTrying to retain too much information in our working memory can lead to a breakdown in communication between areas of the brain responsible for maintaining it, researchers say.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·April 25, 2018·3 min readPeople Differ in Their Power of PerceptionA new study measures individual differences in perceptual capacity. Findings suggest people have a consistent level of performance across different measures of perception.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·April 23, 2018·4 min readCulture Shapes the Brain: How Reading Changes the Way We ThinkA new study sheds light on how reading shapes our brain and can improve our memory. Those who are not practiced readers, researchers discovered, find it more difficult to distinguish how an object is oriented in space.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·April 15, 2018·2 min readChildren’s Gestures, and What They MeanA new study explores how children's use of gestures is connected to communication and language acquisition.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·April 5, 2018·6 min readA Heavy Working Memory Load May Sink Brainwave ‘Synch’Researchers report synchrony of brain waves within three regions of the brain can 'break down' when visual working memory load becomes too extensive to handle.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyPsychology·April 3, 2018·4 min readParkinson’s Disease and Binge EatingA new study sheds light on why some people with Parkinson's disease binge eat. Researchers report working memory impairment and alterations in reward sensitivity could be behind why binge eating can be problematic in those with Parkinson's.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·March 10, 2018·2 min readBrain Connections in SchizophreniaResearchers report reduced connectivity between the thalamus and prefrontal cortex may be a common feature in those with Schizophrenia.Read More
