FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosSponsored Neuroscience News·June 28, 2018·6 min readSfN Journals: Encouraging Innovation, Promoting RigorThe Society for Neuroscience's Journal of Neuroscience has a well-established and respected history in scientific publishing, and eNeuro, now in its fourth year, is able to adapt to changes stemming from and felt throughout the field.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·June 28, 2018·5 min readHow the Office Org Chart in Your Brain Helps Organize Your ActionsResearchers shed light on how behavior is organized in the brain. The study reports learned behaviors are organized in a hierarchy of multiple levels of control.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosVisual Neuroscience·June 25, 2018·2 min readNeuroimaging Study to Shed Light on Mind BlindnessResearchers are planning to conduct a new neuroimaging study to investigate why some people are unable to create visual images in their imagination.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·June 22, 2018·4 min readBrain Tingles: The Physiological Benefits of ASMRResearchers reveal the phenomenon of ASMR videos may have a positive physiological effect on viewers. The study reports those who experience ASMR have lower heart rates while watching the videos, as well as an increase in positive emotions.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·June 20, 2018·6 min readNew ‘E-Dermis’ Brings Sense of Touch, Pain to Prosthetic HandsResearchers have developed a new electronic skin that can allow amputees to perceive touch sensations via their prosthesis. The technology, dubbed e-dermis, can recreate the sense of touch and pain by sensing stimuli and relaying impulses back to peripheral nerves.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience VideosPsychology·June 19, 2018·6 min readMild Problem Solving Tasks Improve Brain Function After ConcussionA new study reports performing a simple cognitive task four days after a concussion can help activate brain areas that improve memory function and can guard against the psychological affects of brain injury.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosPsychology·June 16, 2018·3 min readNeurons that Rewire Traumatic MemoriesResearchers have identified neurons in the dentate gyrus that help to reprogram lasting traumatic memories.Read More
Auditory NeuroscienceFeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·June 12, 2018·6 min readHigher Empathy People Process Music Differently in the BrainResearchers report people with higher empathy process music with greater involvement in the brain's reward system and areas of the brain associated with social information processing.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience VideosPsychology·June 11, 2018·4 min readParental Criticism Impacts How Children’s Brains Respond to Emotional InformationA new study reveals children show less attention to emotional facial expressions if their parents are highly critical.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscience Videos·June 6, 2018·4 min readSeeking New Answers to Alzheimer’s CauseResearchers implicate presenilin and GSK-3b in the development of Alzheimer's disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·June 5, 2018·7 min readBeyond Superstition to General Causality: AI Nutcracker for Real World ProblemsResearchers have created a new artificial intelligence model that identifies multiple possible causes for real world problems, with no time sequencing needed, in simulated datasets.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosVisual Neuroscience·June 2, 2018·4 min readAct Fast to Pay AttentionA new study sheds light on how priming may influence our attention to details.Read More