FeaturedNeuroscience VideosPsychology·October 27, 2015·4 min readTalking Heads: Head Movements Play Important Role in Conveying EmotionsResearchers report people are accurate at judging the emotion others are experiencing by observing the head movements alone.Read More
FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 27, 2015·3 min readBody Maps of Touch and Social Relationships are Tightly LinkedA new study reports on the connection between social relationships and touch.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 27, 2015·3 min readBrain Conserves Energy by Forgetting Unnecessary InformationResearchers report the brain conserves energy by forgetting unnecessary information learned.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 27, 2015·4 min readCreating Mental Maps: Learning Routes Alters Brain TissueLearning detailed navigational information causes hippocampal changes, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 27, 2015·4 min readInsulin Influences Dopamine LevelsA new study reports that when there is more insulin in the brain, more dopamine will be released.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·October 27, 2015·6 min readSeeing in SoundResearchers have discovered that crossmodal mappings can be used by assistive devices to help the blind detect their environment without requiring intensive training.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 26, 2015·4 min readStep Closer to Prosthetic Limbs That Recreate Sense of TouchResearchers are one step closer to developing a prosthetic arm that can recreate a sense of touch through a direct brain interface.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscience·October 26, 2015·4 min readNeurological Notes: How We Process MusicResearchers have identified how brain rhythms are used to process music.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyPain·October 26, 2015·4 min readPain Threshold Can Be Raised by Altering Brain ChemistryAccording to a new study, the number of opiate receptors in the brain increases in order to combat severe pain in arthritis sufferers.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 26, 2015·3 min readStudying Development of Inner Ear Could Help Restore Hearing and BalanceResearchers identify two genes that help produce hair cells in the inner ears of mice.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 26, 2015·4 min readOxytocin Enhances Pleasure of Social Interactions by Stimulating Production of “Bliss Molecule”Researchers report the 'love hormone', oxytocin, could enhance the pleasure of social interactions be stimulating the production of anandamide.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·October 26, 2015·5 min readSecret to Younger Brain May Lie in Exercising The BodyAccording to a new study, researchers have found a direct relationship between brain function, brain activity and physical fitness in a group of older Japanese men.Read More