Researchers studying six adults who had one of their brain hemispheres removed during childhood to reduce epileptic seizures found that the remaining half of the…
When mice learn to do a new task, their brain activities change over time as they advance from ‘novice’ to ‘expert.’ The changes are reflected…
Findings link healthy sleep to brain-wave bursts that mathematically mimic earthquakes. New research in rats shows that cortical arousals and brief awakenings during sleep exhibit…
Researchers from Russian corporation Neurobotics and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have found a way to visualize a person’s brain activity as actual…
The human visual brain devotes most of its neuronal resources to process the part of the visual scene that we see with both eyes. To…
Is this brain cell your ‘mind’s eye’? No-one knows what connects awareness — the state of consciousness — with its contents, i.e. thoughts and experiences….
A study on mice shows animal research may need to take into account the connection between genes, behavior and personality. We might refer to someone’s…
Researchers have discovered how neuronal networks are able to generate activity sequences for meaningful behavior. Neuroscientists at the Bernstein Center Freiburg (BCF) of the University…
Why is it that people find songs such as James Taylor’s “Country Roads,” UB40’s “Red, Red Wine,” or The Beatles’ “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da” so irresistibly enjoyable?…
Don’t let their cuteness fool you – these animals are not to be messed with. This week Reactions breaks down the chemistry behind what makes…
New research at Carnegie Mellon University indicates that there is no gender disparity in how children learn and perform math skills. In 1992, Teen Talk…
Columbia-led study offers new insight into organization of brain’s listening center; provides roadmap for development of hearing-aid technologies inspired by the brain. Our brains have…
Researchers use 3-dimensional electron microscopy to map the local connectome in the cerebral cortex. Mammalian brains, with their unmatched number of nerve cells and density…
Systematic tracing of how neurons connect reveals mammalian brain’s ‘org chart’ of possible information flow. In their quest to map the millions of neural highways…
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) are officially one-step closer to understanding the brain and its function. Dr. Corrado Calì, a…
Animal testing will no longer be required to assess a group of deadly neurotoxins, thanks to University of Queensland-led research. Associate Professor Bryan Fry, of…
Working with model mice, post-mortem human brains, and people with schizophrenia, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have discovered that a…
Findings in mice suggest targeting certain brain circuits could offer new ways to treat some neurological disorders. People with autism often experience hypersensitivity to noise…