Neuroscience
Mind over Meal: Does Weight-Loss Surgery Rewire Gut–Brain Connections?
New evidence hints that bariatric surgery changes the dialogue between bowel and brain
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Policy
Opioids Still Needed by Some Pain Patients
The "other victims" of the opioid epidemic are pain patients who need the drugs but cannot now get them because of fears related to their use
Neuroscience
Smell Test May Sniff Out Oncoming Parkinson's and Alzheimer's
How an unlikely clue could help solve the mystery of two devastating disorders
Can Stimulating a Nerve in the Ear Make You a Whiz in Mandarin Class?
A technology program tries to enhance the brain’s learning ability
Neurology
Even a Moderate Amount of Drinking Could Cause Brain Decline
Having eight to 12 drinks per week was linked to hippocampus shrinkage in a study of several hundred Londoners
Neuroscience
“A Feature, Not a Bug”: George Church Ascribes His Visionary Ideas to Narcolepsy
Projects at the famed biologist’s lab include DNA data storage and resurrecting the woolly mammoth
Neuroscience
New Simpler Parkinson’s Tests Probe Walking, Talking, Typing
New tests show promise for detecting the neurodegenerative condition earlier
Neuroscience
Brain Scans May Forecast Autism in Babies
Checks on 6-month-old infants accurately predict which children will be diagnosed at age 2
Cognition
Working Memory: How You Keep Things “In Mind” Over the Short Term
Given its central role in our mental life working memory may become important in our quest to understand consciousness itself
Neurology
Sleep Shrinks the Brain’s Synapses to Make Room for New Learning
The process keeps the attic of your mind well organized
Neuroscience
Homing In on the Brain's "Cuddling" Circuitry
Stimulating bonding among voles could offer insights into human coupling
Neuroscience
Electric Brain Stimulation Offers Binge-Eating Clue
A neural circuit seems to control compulsive food consumption
Cognition
What Hyenas Can Tell Us about the Origins of Intelligence
A long-running project in Africa challenges “the social brain hypothesis”
Behavior
Why It’s So Hard to Keep a Secret
The real reason has more to do with mental meandering than actively hiding information
Neuroscience
Why Is Synaptic Pruning Important for the Developing Brain?
Irwin Feinberg, professor emeritus of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of California, Davis, replies:
Neuroscience
For the Illiterate Adult, Learning to Read Produces Enormous Brain Changes
Surprises turn up in scans of the newly literate—a possible boon for dyslexics
Neuroscience
Are Cats Responsible for “Cat Ladies”?
The strange neuroscience of “Toxo”
Biology
The Human Nose Knows More Than We Think
A look at the body of olfactory science shows people’s reputation for having a poor sense of smell is a myth
Neuroscience
Does the Brain Use More Energy During Particular Activities?
Claude Messier, a psychology professor at the University of Ottawa in Ontario, and Alexandria Béland-Millar, a Ph.D. candidate in his laboratory, respond:
Behavior
Drunk Mice Get the Munchies
Alcohol activates brain cells linked to hunger
