From the Society for Neuroscience press release via ScienceDaily: New insights into the wiring and firing of the “social brain” in humans and primates reveals the brain areas important in altruistic motives and behavior, and…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Men and women with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) may show subtle but significant differences in the cognitive functions impacted by the condition, according to new…
From the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology press release via AlphaGalileo: Do you suffer from a phobia? Maybe arachnophobia? Then you know very well that even if you do not feel uneasy when imagining a…
From the San Diego State University press release via EurekAlert!: Prenatal exposure to alcohol (PAE) can lead to serious deficiencies, including deficits in spatial working memory (SWM). This is the first study to examine the…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: The whiskers of newborn rats twitch as they sleep, and that could open the door to new understandings about the intimate connections between brain and body. The…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: If only there were a way to forget that humiliating faux pas at last night’s dinner party. It turns out there’s not one, but two opposite ways…
From the Georgetown University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: People who like to nap say it helps them focus their minds post a little shut eye. Now, a study from Georgetown University Medical Center…
From the University of Rochester press release via EurekAlert!: Cognitive scientists have good news for linguistic purists terrified about the corruption of their mother tongue. Using an artificial language in a carefully controlled laboratory experiment,…
From the Duke University press release via ScienceDaily: Guys who imitate Luciano Pavarotti or Justin Bieber to get the girls aren’t alone. Male mice may do a similar trick, matching the pitch of other males’…
From the Radboud University Nijmegen via ScienceDaily: Alpha waves were long ignored, but gained interest of brain researchers recently. Electrical activity of groups of brain cells results in brain waves with different amplitudes. The so-called…