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What is neuroscience? Neuroscience is the scientific study of nervous systems. Neuroscience can involve research from many branches of science including those involving neurology, brain science, neurobiology, psychology, computer science, artificial intelligence, statistics, prosthetics, neuroimaging, engineering, medicine, physics, mathematics, pharmacology, electrophysiology, biology, robotics and technology.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·March 3, 2026·6 min read

Why Our Bodies Synchronize During Social Interaction

A new review reveals that our hearts and bodies literally "align" during social interactions, providing a biological foundation for empathy, teamwork, and trust.

Autism Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·March 3, 2026·8 min read

Autism and Parkinson’s Share a Hidden Neural Defect

New research reveals that young adults with autism show brain scan abnormalities typically found in Parkinson’s patients, offering a new path for early prevention.

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Featured Neuroscience

·March 3, 2026·7 min read

What an AI Birdsong Decoder Tells Us About the Human Brain

New "TweetyBERT" AI uses large language model architecture to automatically map the complex songs of canaries, offering a high-speed tool for speech research.

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Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·March 2, 2026·5 min read

Home Drinking Water May Impact Parkinson’s Risk

New research reveals that drinking water from modern, shallow groundwater systems is associated with a significantly higher risk of Parkinson’s disease.

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·March 2, 2026·8 min read

AI Fails to Find Link Between Brain Structure and Navigation Skills

Advanced AI tools fail to find a link between the physical structure of the brain and navigation ability, challenging decades of neuroscientific assumptions.

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·March 2, 2026·7 min read

Why Some COVID Patients Lose Taste for Years

Scientists discover a molecular "amplifier" defect in the taste buds of long-COVID patients, explaining why some flavors disappear while others remain.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·March 2, 2026·10 min read

High-Speed Eye Tests Detect “Invisible” Brain Injuries

Scientists discover that the brain's ability to track movement remains impaired for decades after a concussion, revealing the long-term reality of head injuries.

This shows the outline of a person drinking. The brain highlights the reward system.

Featured Neuroscience

·March 2, 2026·6 min read

Trick the Brain, Taste the Reward: How Expectations Rewrite Sweetness

Expectation is the secret ingredient. New neuroimaging research reveals that believing a drink contains sugar can "supercharge" the brain's reward response to artificial sweeteners.

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Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·March 2, 2026·7 min read

Beyond Weight Loss: Ozempic Linked to Migraine Reduction

Unexpected relief. New research shows that patients taking GLP-1 drugs for diabetes or weight loss also experience fewer emergency room visits and need fewer medications for their chronic migraines.

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Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·March 2, 2026·6 min read

Why Socializing Loses to Alcohol in Addiction

New research reveals that activity in the anterior insula primes the brain to choose alcohol over social interaction, offering a new target for addiction treatment.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·March 2, 2026·6 min read

Brain’s Family Tree: A New Theory of Neural Self-Organization

A new theory of brain development suggests that neurons find their place by staying near their relatives, rather than following distant chemical signals.