A new theory regarding how the brain first learns basic math could alter approaches to identifying and teaching students with math learning disabilities.Credit: Flickr/timypenburg
A new theory regarding how the brain first learns basic math could alter approaches to identifying...
A team of researchers has discovered that serotonin (5-HT) and arginine-vasopressin (AVP) act in opposite ways in males and females to influence aggression and dominance.Image Credit:Flickr/Kathryn
The brain regulates social behavior differently in males and females, according to a new...
The cheetah is social, like primates, yet unlike primates its frontal lobe is relatively small. Why? It may be a consequence of its unusual skull shape, an adaptation for high-speed pursuits.Credit: © Jon Mountjoy / Flickr
The brains of wild...
A recently published study documents that the number of people who are diagnosed with depression at psychiatric hospitals in Denmark increases immediately after the transition from daylight saving time to standard time.Credit: Flickr/thetaleofmay
"The year has 16 months: November, December,...
A new research investigated the effect of unconscious arousal on how confident participants felt about what they were seeing when completing a simple task.Image Credit: Flickr/draconianrain
A new study from UCL researchers finds that subtle, unconscious increases in arousal --...
Fundus of the patient's eye implanted with Argus II Retinal 98 Prosthesis, taken soon after the surgery.Credit: Castaldi E, Cicchini GM, Cinelli L, Biagi L, Rizzo S, Morrone MC (2016).; Creative Commons Attribution License
More than 40 million people worldwide...
The UW study is based on the concept of closed-loop “bi-directional brain-computer interfaces” (BBCIs) being developed at the CSNE that can both record from and stimulate the nervous system. They would also allow the brain to directly control prosthetics...
Extracellular needle-electrode with a diameter of 5 ?m mounted on a connector. Credit: (C) Toyohashi University of Technology. All Rights Reserved.
Single 5?m diameter needle electrode block modules for unit recordings in vivo
A research team in the Department of Electrical...
New research from Newcastle University, UK, in collaboration with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, investigated the way the human brain folds and how this 'cortical folding' changes with age. Linking the change in brain folding to the...
Heading a soccer ball causes instant changes to the brain.Credit: © wsdot / Flickr
Researchers from the University of Stirling have explored the true impact of heading a soccer ball, identifying small but significant changes in brain function immediately after...
Telling small lies desensitises our brains to the associated negative emotions and may encourage us to tell bigger lies in future, reveals new UCL research funded by Wellcome and the Center for Advanced Hindsight.
The research, published in Nature Neuroscience,...
