From the University of Sussex press release: A study by scientists at the University of Sussex is challenging the common understanding of how mammalian brains work. The research, published in Current Biology, suggests that neurons in…
From the University of Leicester press release: Neuroscience experts from the University of Leicester have released research that breaks with the past fifty years of neuroscientific opinion, arguing that the way we store memories is…
From the University of Cambridge press release: A brain chemical called noradrenaline is responsible for our responses to uncertain situations – helping us to learn quickly and adapt our behaviour, a new study has found.…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: During human evolution, the size of the brain increased, especially in a particular part called the neocortex. The neocortex enables us to speak, dream and think. In search of the…
From the European Molecular Biology Laboratory press release: Our brains are wired to protect us from threats. For social animals like humans, threats often come from other members of our own species when there is…
From the Ohio State University press release: Humans are born with a part of the brain that is prewired to be receptive to seeing words and letters, setting the stage at birth for people to…
From the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München press release: We employ our cognitive skills daily to assimilate and process information. A new empirical study shows that we do better at this task than those born a century ago.…
From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Upsetting the brain’s timekeeping can cause cognitive impairments, like when jetlag makes you feel foggy and forgetful. These impairments may stem from disrupting a protein that aligns the…
From the European Molecular Biology Laboratory press release: Our brains are wired to protect us from threats. For social animals like humans, threats often come from other members of our own species when there is…
From the Stanford University press release: The eyes may be the windows to the soul, but they can also provide insightful glimpses into memory. Stanford scientists are now able to predict whether an individual will…