University of Cambridge researchers have found that higher than normal activity levels during adolescence could show the onset of mental health problems such as schizophrenia. Credit: University of Cambridge
Scientists have mapped the structural changes that occur in teenagers’ brains...
This density map of the cerebral cortex of a mouse shows which neurons get activated when the animal explores of a new environment. The lit up region at the center (white and yellow) represents neurons associated with the mouse's...
Creation of organoids from stem cells allows scientists to study discrete areas of brain as it develops.
Credit: Courtesy of Yale University
Scientists can now explore in a laboratory dish how the human brain develops by creating organoids -- distinct, three-dimensional...
What does drinking beer really do? A new study has shown that drinking beer affects the way we see specific emotions and allows us to see happy faces faster. It also has surprising effects on sexual perception. These results*...
Humans, like other animals, possess an enormous learning capacity that allows for the apprehension of new sensory information to master new skills or to adapt to an ever-changing environment. However, many of the mechanisms that enable people to learn...
Individuals make more conservative choices when the decisions they make affect other people, according to a new study from The University of Texas at Dallas.
Dr. Gary Bolton, a professor of managerial economics and the O.P. Jindal Chair in the...
We've all asked ourselves these types of questions: Where did I leave my keys? What was his name? Where did I park my car?
As people grow older their memory tend to get poorer, so finding ways to improve it...
Childhood bullying inflicts the same long-term psychological trauma on girls as severe physical or sexual abuse, suggests a new survey of college students.
The study, which involved 480 college freshmen through seniors, indicated that the detrimental effects of bullying may...
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...
The illustration on the right shows how the brain's V1 and V2 areas might use information about edges and textures to represent objects like the teddy bear on the left.
Credit: Salk Institute
If you think self-driving cars can't get here...
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...
