FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 28, 2020·3 min readNew mathematical model for amyloid formationMathematical model describes the chemical reactions responsible for the formation of Alzheimer's-linked protein.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 28, 2020·2 min readSquid brains approach that of dogsThe first MRI-based mapping of the squid brain yields 145 new connections and pathways, 60% of which are linked to the motor and visual systems. The new brain map brings researchers one step closer to understanding how the squid can instantly camouflage itself.Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 27, 2020·3 min readMen and women have equal spatial cognition skillsDespite popular belief, men are not better (or worse) than women at spatial cognition tasks. However, men and women approach mental rotational tasks in different ways.Read More
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FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 27, 2020·3 min readChildren to bear the burden of negative health effects from climate changeStudy reports increased temperatures due to climate change will negatively affect both the general health and mental health of humanity. Children's health will be most affected by climate change, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 25, 2020·4 min readShaping the social networks of neuronsResearchers have identified a protein complex that both attracts and repels neurons during brain development.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 25, 2020·3 min readFonts in campaign communications have liberal or conservative leaningsIndividuals perceive certain fonts used on political campaign signs as having partisan leanings. The more people view a font as aligned with their ideology, the more they favor it.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 25, 2020·3 min readHigh air pollution exposure in 1-year-olds’ linked to structural brain changes at age 12Early-life exposure to high levels of traffic-related air pollution alters the structure of the brain at age 12. Children exposed to air pollution had reduced cortical thickness and gray matter volume compared to children who were not exposed to high levels of pollution.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 24, 2020·4 min readHow emotions are mapped in the brainNeuroimaging reveals the entire set of human emotions is topographically located in the right temporoparietal junction.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·January 24, 2020·3 min readOptical stimulation causes marmosets to move their forelimbsOptogenetic stimulation of the motor cortex causes marmosets to move their forelimbs in an almost puppet-like fashion.Read More
