This picture shows 3-D reconstructions of electron microscope images of tree branch-like dendrites. At the end of the branches are cup-like structures called the spines, and in the tips of the spines are synapses. By studying thousands of images...
The fNIR sensor, which is placed around the forehead like a headband, uses LEDs that shine near-infrared light to sample from 16 brain areas. Researchers use the technology to monitor oxygenation in the brain while the subject performs cognitive...
In these images, on the left a monkey initially performed the reach-grasp manipulate task instructed by blue LEDs. On the right, monkeys then learned to perform the same task instructed by the researchers.
Credit: Mazurek and Schieber
Like an appliance with...
Students at Baltimore’s Thomas Jefferson Elementary Middle School observe and take notes on their zebrafish.Credit: David Schmelick and Deirdre Hammer/JHU
A program that brings live fish into classrooms to teach the fundamentals of biology not only helps students learn, but...
For the first time, scientists report using transcranial alternating current stimulation, or tACS, to target a specific kind of brain activity during sleep and strengthen memory in healthy people.Image credit: Flickr/Joe Green
When you sleep, your brain is busy storing...
One of the most intriguing questions about the human brain is also one of the most difficult for neuroscientists to answer: What sets our brains apart from those of other animals?
"We really don't understand what makes the human brain...
A new study shows that learning a new task past the point of mastery helps protect that learning from interference that could undermine it. The study used a visual task, but may extend to other forms of learning, such...
Scientists have uncovered that the added influence of confident people may be down to our biology.
By studying brain activity, academics discerned that human brains are geared for placing added value on opinions of confident people.
The research, published today in...
A recent study by a University of Arkansas researcher, Darya Zabelina, assistant professor of psychology, takes a new approach to measuring the association between creativity and cognitive control, that is, the mind's ability to override impulses and make decisions...
A recording site (grey dot) in a brain region responsible for social interaction showed clear differences in neural activity when the subject was talking to the life partner (green curve) vs. the physician (blue curve).
Human speech comes in countless...
Neuroscientists at MIT have adapted their MRI scanner to make it easier to scan infants’ brains as the babies watch movies featuring different types of visual input. With the new technique, the team found that in some ways, the...
