Neuroscience

New Research

Even People With Locked-In Syndrome Respond to Hitchcock Movies

The brain of a patient in a vegetative state responded to a movie the same way as healthy people

September 18, 2014

New Research

This Is Your Brain on Your Favorite Song

When people listen to music they enjoy, their brains drift into a resting daydream, regardless of the genre

August 28, 2014

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Suicide Risk Could Soon Be Predicted Through a Blood Test

Elevated levels of stress-related chemicals in the body seem to correlate with suicide

August 1, 2014

New Research

Researchers Crack the Code of First Impressions

Mathematics identifies the subtle facial features that influence how we judge others

July 29, 2014

Cool Finds

This Guy Simultaneously Raised a Chimp and a Baby in Exactly the Same Way to See What Would Happen

When treated as a human, the baby chimp acted like one—until her physiology and development held her back

July 28, 2014

New Research

Kids Trust Written Words More Than Spoken Ones

Learning to read seems to make information conveyed in written form seem more authoritative

June 18, 2014

New Research

Crawfish, Like Humans, Are Anxious Worrywarts

As the first invertebrates ever found to demonstrate anxiety, crawfish might help reveal the evolutionary origins of that stressful state of mind

June 12, 2014

World Cup 2014

Mind-Controlled Technology Extends Beyond Exoskeletons

A wearable robot controlled by brain waves will take center stage at the World Cup this week, but it’s not the only mind-controlled tech out there

June 12, 2014

New Research

Rats Can Feel Regret

Rats’ brain patterns and behaviors support the hypothesis that they can reflect on certain wrong choices

June 9, 2014

New Research

I Think, Therefore I Am a Fruit Fly

Researchers found that even fruit flies seem deliberate over decisions

May 29, 2014

New Research

When Gay Men Become Parents, Their Brains Act Like Both Straight Mothers’ And Fathers’ Brains

In the absence of a mother, gay men’s brains become blind to gender and step up to the full task of parenthood

May 28, 2014

Inside the Science of an Amazing New Surgery Called Deep Brain Stimulation

The most futuristic medical treatment ever imagined is now a reality

May 2014

New Research

We Might Hit Our Cognitive Peak Before 24

As we age beyond about 24, we become mentally slower and slower

April 16, 2014

New Research

Playing Video Games Could Actually Change Your Brain—But Not in a Bad Way

Despite video games’ bad rep, they might improve a person’s strategizing and multi-tasking abilities

April 8, 2014

New Research

Drunken Prairie Voles Help Explain Alcohol’s Demons

Why do some people become more prone to attachment and sentimentality when drunk, while others tend to stray?

April 7, 2014

New Research

Here’s How Neuroscientists in the 1800s Studied Blood Flow in the Brain

New translations of early neuroscience reveal how in 1882 one Italian physiologist was able to measure blood flow changes in the brain

April 7, 2014

New Research

“Happy Disgust” Is a Newly Recognized Human Facial Expression

Basic emotions like happy, sad or angry blend in interesting ways on the landscape of the human face

April 2, 2014

New Research

New Rule: Just Drink When You’re Thirsty

Don’t worry about hitting some arbitrary X-cups-of-water-a-day target

March 27, 2014

New Research

What Season You’re Born in Might Influence How Your Brain Develops

Men born in December tend to have the most grey matter in a certain region of the brain, while men born in June have the least

March 7, 2014

For People with Dementia, Does It Take a Village?

A community in the Netherlands has become a model for how to help people feel at home even after they’ve lost their memory

March 3, 2014