FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 20, 2019·4 min readHow people trick themselves into thinking something is heavier than it really isHolding a steering wheel at different arm positions can influence our perception of how much force we need to steer.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·November 20, 2019·4 min readWalking changes visionWalking leads to an increase in processing of peripheral visual input.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 20, 2019·3 min readYoung children can learn math skills from intelligent virtual charactersChildren exposed to virtual interactive characters in educational games learned more quickly and were more accurate in math responses when playing a virtual game. Findings suggest a child's interaction with virtual characters could help improve the learning of basic early math skills.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychologyVisual Neuroscience·November 20, 2019·3 min readBeauty in the biased eye of the beholderWhen we see a painting, we rate its aesthetic value based upon other artwork we have just seen.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·November 20, 2019·4 min readInflammatory processes drive progression of Alzheimer’s and other brain diseasesThe NLPR3 inflammasome and the inflammatory response it triggers play a critical role in the emergence of tau pathology.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·November 19, 2019·4 min readYoga and physical therapy as treatment for chronic lower back pain also improves sleepFollowing 12 weeks of yoga instruction, people with chronic lower back pain reported a significant improvement in symptoms and better sleep over 52 weeks.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 19, 2019·4 min readVirtual ‘moonwalk’ for science reveals distortions in spatial memoryMemories learned within a distorted coordinated system are also distorted when recalled later.Read More
AutismFeaturedNeuroscience·November 19, 2019·7 min read‘Face blindness’ may involve a failed brain network, and could shed light on autismProsopagnosia, or "face-blindness", involves an entire network, not just one area of the brain. The findings may shed light on poor facial processing abilities associated with autism.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 19, 2019·3 min readTrash talk hurts, even when it comes from a robotDiscouraging words from a robot can hinder a person's ability to play a game.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·November 19, 2019·2 min readCannabis found not to be a substitute for opioidsStudy finds no evidence to suggest cannabis helps patients with opioid use disorder to stop using opioids.Read More
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FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·November 19, 2019·4 min readBrain scans reveal how the human brain compensates when one hemisphere is removedThe brains of adults who received hemispherectomies as children had unusually strong connections between functional brain networks in the remaining hemisphere, which help the body to function as if the brain were intact.Read More