Michigan State University psychology professor Zach Hambrick, left, and graduate student Alexander Burgoyne discuss their findings that chess skill is related to intelligence.Credit: Michigan State University
Intelligence -- and not just relentless practice -- plays a significant role in determining...
Single microglia cell in the brain. DNA in the cell body is labeled in blue, and in red and green are different proteins expressed only by microglia which show the elaborate processes of these cells. Credit: MUHC
A type of...
A team of researchers from McMaster University has discovered a new technique to examine how musicians intuitively coordinate with one another during a performance, silently predicting how each will express the music.
The findings, published today in the journal Scientific...
People who play video games for even a small amount of time have superior perception and attention skills to those who don't play at all, new research suggests.
A study by psychologists at Nottingham Trent University found participants who played...
For the first time, MIT researchers have shown that nerves made to express proteins that can be activated by light can produce limb movements that can be adjusted in real-time, using cues generated by the motion of the limb...
Itching is a highly contagious behavior. When we see someone scratch, we're likely to scratch, too. New research from the Washington University Center for the Study of Itch shows contagious itching is hardwired in the brain. Credit: Michael Worful
Some...
Data from the first 5,000 UK Biobank participants taking part in the world’s largest health imaging study has been released for health researchers worldwide to use in their own research.
Meanwhile, early results from analysing brain imaging data alongside thousands...
An illustration showing the portions of the brain involved in perception of a visual boundary, like a curb or a wall.Credit: Soojin Park/JHU
Humans rely on boundaries like walls and curbs for navigation, and Johns Hopkins University researchers have pinpointed...
Over the past few years, scientists have faced a problem: They often cannot reproduce the results of experiments done by themselves or their peers.
This "replication crisis" plagues fields from medicine to physics, and likely has many causes. But one...
Taking lithium was associated with reduced rates of self-harm and unintentional injury in patients with bipolar disorder compared with other commonly prescribed maintenance treatments, according to an article published online by JAMA Psychiatry.
Self-harm is a major cause of illness...
UC San Diego neurosurgeons color code the brain with tractography. The circular object is a tumor.
Credit: UC San Diego Health System
Neurosurgeons at UC San Diego Health System are using a new approach to visualize the brain's delicate anatomy prior...
