FeaturedNeuroscience·August 28, 2014·5 min readElectric Current to Brain Boosts MemoryUsing TMS to stimulate the hippocampus, researcher report they were able to improve memory.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 28, 2014·2 min readNeuroscientists Watch Imagination Happening in the BrainUsing MRI technology, researchers discover where imagination occurs in the brain.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·August 27, 2014·4 min readStudy Shows How Movement Affects HearingUsing a combination of techniques, researcher reveal how the motor cortex can suppress activity in the auditory cortex.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·August 27, 2014·5 min readChanging the Emotional Association of MemoriesA new study reports researchers have been able to alter the emotional association of specific memories by manipulating neural circuits in mouse brains.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·August 27, 2014·4 min readResearchers Discover Why Learning Can Be DifficultResearchers have discovered a fundamental constraint in the brain which could explain why some skills are easier to learn than others.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·August 26, 2014·3 min readFocus on Naturally Occurring Protein to Tackle DementiaResearchers provide evidence that an absence of MK2/3 is linked to early signs of dementia.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·August 26, 2014·5 min readHow the Brain Makes Sense of SpacesA new study reports on how the brain makes sense of new spaces, both large and small.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedNeuroscience·August 25, 2014·2 min readStructural States of a Brain Receptor RevealedResearchers have determined the detailed structure and movement of the glutamate receptor.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 25, 2014·2 min readTaung Child’s Skull and Brain Not Human-Like in ExpansionA recent neuroimaging study casts doubt on theories that Austalopithecus africanus' infant brain development was similar to that of modern human infants.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience VideosPsychology·August 25, 2014·4 min readLearning by WatchingResearchers report children as young as two are able to use complex mathematical concepts to help them make sense of the world around them.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 25, 2014·4 min readZombie Ant Fungi ‘Know’ Brains of Their HostsA new study reports a parasitic fungus emits a number of behavior controlling chemicals when it encounters the brains of ants.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·August 24, 2014·3 min readNeuroscience and Big Data: How to Find Simplicity in the BrainA new paper describes the scientific motivations for studying neural activity, along with a class of machine learning, called dimensionality reduction, for interpreting the activity.Read More
