Sandia National Laboratories researchers are drawing inspiration from neurons in the brain, such as these green fluorescent protein-labeled neurons in a mouse neocortex, with the aim of developing neuro-inspired computing systems to reboot computing. (Photo by Frances Chance, courtesy...
The same genes that make us prone to depression could also make us prone to positivity, two psychology researchers have suggested.
Professors Elaine Fox, from Oxford University, and Chris Beevers from the University of Texas at Austin reviewed a number...
UCLA neuroscientists artificially stimulated neurons to help the aging brain recapture connections between related memories. Credit: UCLA/Silva Lab
Using a miniature microscope that opens a window into the brain, UCLA neuroscientists have identified in mice how the brain links different...
A team of sleep researchers at the University of California, Riverside, led by psychology professor Sara C. Mednick, has found that the autonomic nervous system, which is responsible for control of bodily functions not consciously directed (such as breathing,...
A research team from Oxford University have shown how different colours of light could affect our ability to sleep.
The researchers, led by Dr Stuart Peirson from Oxford's Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute were aiming to understand why exposing mice...
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have now for the first time identified a sub-region in the brain that works to form a particular kind of memory: fear-associated with a specific environmental cue or...
Fluctuations of network structure of the brain during rest (top panel). Fluctuations grouped by high similarity show two distinct states: one in which the brain was "segregated" and another in which the brain was "integrated."Credit: Mac Shine
Communication between different...
The ability to understand and empathize with others' pain is grounded in cognitive neural processes rather than sensory ones, according to the results of a new study led by University of Colorado Boulder researchers.
The findings show that the act...
Our brain activity could be nudged in the direction of making more healthy choices, say scientists. Credit: © Electrolux Design Lab/ Flickr
Netflix binge-watching versus a hike in the woods. A cheeseburger versus kale salad. Fentanyl versus Tylenol. New UC...
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...
A detailed new map by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis lays out the landscape of the cerebral cortex -- the outermost layer of the brain and the dominant structure involved in sensory perception and...
