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...
One month old newly born neurons in the dentate gyrus of the adult mouse hippocampus were labeled by injection of retrovirus expressing green-fluorescent-protein (GFP). The photomicrograph shows GFP expressing new neurons and the nuclei of the granule cell layer...
An ancient area of the midbrain of all vertebrates called the corpora quadrigemina can independently contol and reorientate the eyes, researchers from Karolinska Institutet report in a study published in the journal eLIFE.
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Some parents may worry whether teaching their babies two languages concurrently will overburden their babies' minds, while some may wonder if babies get confused learning two very different languages from birth. These concerns are unfounded, according to the latest...
Scientists at NIH used electrical recordings to study how the human brain remembers.
Credit: Courtesy of Zaghloul lab, NIH/NINDS
In a pair of studies, scientists at the National Institutes of Health explored how the human brain stores and retrieves memories. One...
Brain regions with volume changes after pregnancy. Credit: Oscar Vilarroya
A study directed by researchers from the UAB and IMIM are the first to reveal how pregnancy causes long-lasting alterations in brain structure, probably related to improving the mother's ability...
The more time teenagers spend splitting their attention between various devices such as their phones, video games or TV, the lower their test scores in math and English tend to be. More time spent multitasking between different types of...
ASD is characterized by a wide range of symptoms that can vary in severity from person to person.
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A new study out in European Journal of Neuroscience could herald a new tool that helps physicians identify...
This is the first to use patterns of resting-state brain rhythms to predict subsequent language learning rate. Credit: © jurek d. / Flickr
Some adults learn a second language better than others, and their secret may involve the rhythms of activity...
A late night at the library, copious amounts of energy drinks or coffee and class notes from the last month; surely you'll be able to ace the exam if you just spend the next 24 hours focused on the...
In a study of mice, National Institutes of Health-funded researchers describe a new circuit involved in fine-tuning the brain's decision either to hide or confront threats. The study, published in Nature, was partially funded by the NIH's Brain Research...
