Neuroscience

Neuroscience research articles are provided.

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.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 28, 2017·3 min read

Researchers Build Artificial Synapse Capable of Autonomous Learning

Researchers have developed an artificial synapse they say is capable of autonomous learning.

Auditory Neuroscience Featured Neurology

·April 28, 2017·3 min read

Expert Unravels Disease That Took the Hearing of World-Famous Painter

Researchers propose Francisco Goya may have suffered from Susac's syndrome, a rare autoimmune disease that robbed him of his hearing.

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Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·April 28, 2017·4 min read

New Appetite Control Mechanism Discovered in Brain

NPGL, a newly discovered molecule, increases appetite during periods of fasting and decreases it when we gorge, researchers report.

Featured Neuroethics Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·April 28, 2017·4 min read

A Need for Neurolaw? Human Rights Laws May Need Revision in Neurotech Future

Researchers propose four new human rights laws that could help protect against exploitation and privacy loss in the age of neurotechnology.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·April 28, 2017·3 min read

How Do Babies Coordinate Gestures and Vocalization?

A new study investigates how babies learn to, and start to, speak.

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Featured Neuroscience

·April 28, 2017·3 min read

Multitasking Overloads the Brain

Changing tasks too frequently interferes with brain activity, a new study reports.

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·April 27, 2017·3 min read

Facial Bone Structure A Novel Marker for Left-Handedness

People with slender faces are 25% more likely to be left-handed, a new study reveals.

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·April 27, 2017·3 min read

Research Seeks to Boost Memory and Performance with Targeted Electrical Stimulation

Researchers look to transdermal electrical neuromodulation to help boost performance and memory.

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Featured Neuroscience

·April 27, 2017·5 min read

Neurons’ Faulty Wiring Leads to Serotonin Imbalance and Depressive Behaviors: Mouse Study

Researchers have identified a gene that allows serotonin neurons to spread their branches throughout the brain. Mice lacking this gene showed entangled neuron branches and signs of depression.