FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 8, 2015·2 min readHow Quality of Sleep Impacts Academic Performance in ChildrenA new study reports children who get a good night's sleep perform better in math and languages.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·January 8, 2015·4 min readNeuroprosthetics for ParalysisResearchers develop a new implant which can be applied to the spinal cord directly, without causing inflammation or damage.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 8, 2015·4 min readPractice Really Does Make PerfectNew research provides insight into how tasks are learned and could have positive implications for rehabilitation.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·January 8, 2015·4 min readFacial Motion Activates a Dedicated Network within the BrainResearchers find face processing areas in the brain appear to respond selectively to the motion of faces, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 8, 2015·3 min read‘Unfussy’ Brain Finds Ways of Coping with Loss of a HandA new neuroimaging study reports people born with one hand, who are able to use both limbs in a two handed task, show brain activity similar to that of people with two hands.Read More
FeaturedGenetics·January 7, 2015·2 min readResearchers Discover How a Protein Crucial to Learning and Memory WorksBy learning more about how a protein crucial for learning works, researchers move a step closer to figuring out how memory and learning work, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·January 7, 2015·3 min readTracking Subtle Brain Mutations, SystematicallyA new technique allows subtle mutations in brain cells to be traced and mapped spatially for the first time.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·January 6, 2015·3 min readRemapping the Damaged BrainResearchers discover motor functions are remapped through rehabilitative training following brain injury.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 6, 2015·3 min readResearchers Map Direct Gut Brain ConnectionA new study maps the cell-to-cell connection between the gut and nervous system.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·January 6, 2015·4 min readInternational Research Effort Gives Neuroscientists Better Feeling About Sense of TouchResearchers have linked a group of neurons to a specific type of somatosensation, helping heighten understanding about the sense of touch.Read More
AutismElectrophysiologyFeaturedOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 6, 2015·4 min readStudy Pinpoints Autism Linked Protein for Sculpting Brain ConnectionsA new study provides a close up of synapse refinement and identifies a protein that is crucial in this process.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeurology·January 6, 2015·1 min readResearchers Find Clue to Cause of Tics in Tourette SyndromeThe loss of a specific type of neuron in the dorsal striatum has been found to cause Tourette like tics in mice, a new study reports.Read More