AI Assesses Alzheimer’s Risk by Analyzing Word Usage
New models used writing samples to predict the onset of the disease with 70 percent accuracy
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Our Brain Is Better at Remembering Where to Find Brownies Than Cherry Tomatoes
Humans’ spatial recall makes mental notes about the location of high-calorie foods
New Tinnitus Treatment Alleviates Annoying Ringing in the Ears
A noninvasive device designed to rewire brain circuits reduced symptoms of tinnitus in a large, exploratory clinical trial
These Researchers Are Putting Fly Babies into Virtual Reality
A new system called PiVR creates working artificial environments for small animals such as zebra fish larvae and fruit flies. Developers say the system’s affordability could help expand research into animal behavior. ...
How Decoding Dyslexia Can Help Decode the Mind
Most people think it’s only a reading disorder—but it’s also a speech processing disorder
Bird Brains Are Far More Humanlike Than Once Thought
The avian cortex had been hiding in plain sight all along. Humans were just too birdbrained to see it
What Research in Antarctica Tells Us about the Science of Isolation
Over the past few months, the phrase “social distancing” has entered our lexicon. Many of us have found ourselves separated from family and friends—or at least from our normal social lives...
Elon Musk’s Pig-Brain Implant Is Still a Long Way from ‘Solving Paralysis’
His start-up Neuralink is not the first to develop a wireless brain implant. But the considerable resources behind the effort could help commercialize the technology faster
Warbler Species Fires Up Song Diversity
Hermit warblers in California have developed 35 different song dialects, apparently as a result of wildfires temporarily driving them out of certain areas.
Cracking the Neural Code with Phantom Smells
Scientists used light to evoke an odor directly in a mouse brain—no nose involved
Construction Process Builds Brain Circuits
A novel technique turns brain cells into circuit components
Paired Comparisons Could Mean Better Witness Identifications
Compared with traditional lineup techniques, a series of two-faces-at-a-time choices led to more accurate identification by study witnesses.
Neural Switch Flips on Aggression in Male Mice
A separate set of cells in the same region regulate sexual behavior
The Beautiful Things inside Your Head: Winners of the 10th Annual Art of Neuroscience Contest
The top works—and our favorites—range from interactive pieces to a pen-and-paper drawing
Cricket Avoids Being Bat Food by Doing Nothing
The sword-tailed cricket can discern bats’ echolocation signals by only responding to calls of a certain volume—at which point it plummets out of their approach.
Sparrow Song Undergoes Key Change
White-throated sparrows made a change to their familiar call that quickly spread across Canada.
How Human Brains Are Different: It Has a Lot to Do with the Connections
Different mammals demonstrate common patterns in brain connections. But our own species has a few twists of its own
Why Do Smells Trigger Memories?
Your sense of smell may be a better memory trigger than your sense of sight. Here's why a whiff of apple pie may instantly transport you home in your mind
