The brain is a complex network containing billions of neurons, where each of these neurons communicates simultaneously with thousands of other via their synapses (links). However, the neuron actually collects its many synaptic incoming signals through several extremely long...
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...
For many, déjà vu is just a fleeting, eerie sensation that "I've been here before." For others, it gets even eerier: In that moment of unsettling familiarity, they also feel certain they know what's going to happen next --...
MIT neuroscientists have identified tight connections between dopamine-producing cells of the substantia nigra (red) and neurons in the striatum (green). These connections, which show up as yellow, may play a role in the brain’s decision-making processes.Image courtesy of the...
Maintenancce of a robotic hand in the workshop of the DPZ's Neurobiology Laboratory. Photo: Thomas Steuer
Our hands are highly developed grasping organs that are in continuous use. Long before we stir our first cup of coffee in the morning,...
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...
It has often been claimed that humans learn language using brain components that are specifically dedicated to this purpose. Now, new evidence strongly suggests that language is in fact learned in brain systems that are also used for many...
In contrast to previous studies, profit-related pay and employee share-ownership had a mix of negative and no significant effects on attitudes.Image Credit: Wikimedia
Incentive-related pay schemes can stress rather than motivate employees, according to new research by the University of...
"Children seem to interpret disjunction like conjunction," observes MIT Linguistics Professor Danny Fox. However, Fox adds, although "it has been claimed children are very different from adults in the interpretation of logical words," the study's larger implication is almost...
Unlocking the mysteries of our senses: An NIH Study shows that two young patients with a mutation in the PIEZO2 have problems with touch and proprioception, or body awareness.Credit: Bönnemann Lab, NIH/NINDS, Bethesda, MD
NIH study of rare genetic disorder...
The location of the 'physics engine' in the brain is highlighted in color in this illustration.Credit: Jason Fischer/JHU
Whether or not they aced the subject in high school, human beings are physics masters when it comes to understanding and predicting...
