Neuroscience
“Hyperscans” Show How Brains Sync as People Interact
Social neuroscientists ask what happens at the level of neurons when you tell someone a story or a group watches movies
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Neuroscience
Building a Brain Implant for Smell
Researchers are developing a device that could restore olfaction, much as a cochlear implant restores hearing
Neuroscience
Machines That Translate Wants into Actions
A new generation of brain-machine interfaces can deduce what a person wants
Medicine
A Repurposed Drug Could Offer Hope after Many Alzheimer's Trial Failures
An experimental drug for hepatitis D triggers a cellular waste disposal system to rid mice brains of the tau protein, a major culprit in neurodegenerative disease
Neuroscience
Tech's Brain Effect: It's Complicated
We don't yet know what the immersion in technology does to our brains, but one neuroscientist says the answer is likely to be that there's good, there's bad, and it's complex.
Neuroscience
The Adult Brain Does Grow New Neurons After All, Study Says
Study points toward lifelong neuron formation in the human brain’s hippocampus, with implications for memory and disease
Health
A Genetic Basis for Insomnia Emerges from the Twilight
Gargantuan studies show links between sleep difficulties and cardiovascular and psychiatric illnesses
Neurology
The Creativity of ADHD
More insights on a positive side of a “disorder”
Neurology
For Alzheimer’s Sufferers, Brain Inflammation Ignites a Neuron-Killing “Forest Fire”
And it could also be the kindling sparking Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative maladies
Neuroscience
Ultrasound Beams and Nanoparticle Cages: Toward More Targeted Brain Treatments
A new technique lets scientists accurately direct drugs to specific regions of the brain
Behavior
Why Do We Crave Sweets When We’re Stressed?
A brain researcher explains our desire for chocolate and other carbs during tough times
Neurology
Gene in Infamous Experiment on Embryos Points to New Stroke Treatment
Biology at the center of last year’s contentious gene-edited twins result may hold other benefits for brain injury
Cognition
Our Brains Really Remember Some Pop Music
Although millennials' memory of recent pop tunes drops quickly, their ability to identify top hits from the 1960s through 1990s remains moderately high. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Neuroscience
Drunk Witnesses Remember a Surprising Amount
Interviewing an inebriated person at the scene may be more accurate than waiting until he or she is sober
Fitness
Rocking Helps Adults Sleep Too
Adult humans, as well as mice, slept better when gently rocked.
Neuroscience
Targeting Certain Brain Cells Can Switch Off Pain
By turning off certain brain cells, researchers were able to make mice sense painful stimuli—but not the associated discomfort. Karen Hopkin reports.
Neurology
Better Biomarkers Could Help Us Treat Alzheimer’s
We need better molecular biomarkers to create targeted drugs
Neuroscience
How the Brain Reads Faces
Brain regions that process faces reveal deep insights into the neural mechanisms of vision
Why Do We Sleep?
There are plenty of theories, but nobody really knows for sure
Neurology
Why Rocking to Sleep Is a Matchless Sedative—and Elixir
Back-and-forth motions may tweak the sensory organs that control our balance and spatial orientation
