Neuroscience
Unexpected Brain Chemistry Is behind the Element of Surprise
Animals learn especially well from surprising events, and the hormone noradrenaline may be one reason why
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Neurology
Why Do Mental Illnesses—from Depression to Schizophrenia—Raise the Risk of Dementia?
A combination of biological and social factors most likely explain the strong connection
Behavior
People May Pick Friends Who Smell Like Them
Similar body odors might determine if two strangers will “click.”
Neuroscience
The Kavli Prize Presents: Understanding Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration [Sponsored]
Huda Zoghbi is a clinician-scientist who studies the molecular mechanisms of neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration. This year she shared the Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for discovering the genetic pathways behind serious brain disorders...
Psychology
Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real about the colors you see here
Neuroscience
Why You Can’t Remember Being Born: A Look at ‘Infantile Amnesia’
Infants can form memories, just not the kind that recalls specific experiences
Neuroscience
How the Brain ‘Constructs’ the Outside World
Neural activity probes your physical surroundings to select just the information needed to survive and flourish
Neuroscience
How the Brain Tells Apart Important and Unimportant Sensations
Several recent studies point to a small, long-overlooked structure in the brain stem as a crucial gatekeeper for the body’s signals
Neuroscience
Mapping the Brain to Understand the Mind
New technology is enabling neuroscientists to make increasingly detailed wiring diagrams that could yield new insights into brain function
Neuroscience
Brain-Reading Devices Help Paralyzed People Move, Talk and Touch
Implants are becoming more sophisticated—and are attracting commercial interest
Neuroscience
The Father of Modern Neuroscience Discovered the Basic Unit of the Nervous System
Modern brain science as we know it began with the work of Santiago Ramón y Cajal, whose creative thought sprang from memories of a childhood spent in the preindustrial Spanish countryside...
Neuroscience
Your Brain Expands and Shrinks over Time: These Charts Show How
Researchers hope they could one day be used as a routine clinical tool by physicians.
Sports
The ‘Hot Hand’ Is a Real Basketball Phenomenon, but It Is Rare
A statistical analysis finds evidence for shooting streaks in real game situations
Neuroscience
Does This Look like a Face to You?
Science—and experience—show that we most definitely see faces in inanimate objects. But new research finds that, more often than not, we perceive those illusory faces as male...
Biotech
Artificial Neuron Snaps a Venus Flytrap Shut
Researchers say that such bio-integrated systems could be the future of prosthetics
Neuroscience
Researchers Make a Phantom Sixth Finger Grow and Shrink
An unsettling illusion points to both philosophy and robotics
Neuroscience
How the Brain Curbs Overeating
A structure known as the cerebellum acts as a brake on consumption
Neuroscience
Lego Robot with an Organic ‘Brain’ Learns to Navigate a Maze
The neuromorphic computing device solved the puzzle by working like an animal brain would
Cognition
What Causes Alcohol-Induced Blackouts?
In search of answers, a neurobiologist looks to rodents
Neuroscience
How Our Brain Preserves Our Sense of Self
One brain region is crucial for our ability to form and maintain a consistent identity both now and when thinking about the future
