Neuroscience
How We See
The brain processes a wealth of visual information in parallel so that we perceive the world around us in the blink of an eye
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Neuroscience
We All Speed-Read
The brain doesn’t sound out words it already knows, a new study shows
Neuroscience
Human Brain Map Gets a Bold New Update
The new Allen Brain Atlas combines neuroimaging and tissue staining to offer an unprecedented level of resolution
Cognition
Learning When No One Is Watching
We gain most of our knowledge without any instruction. Now science is unraveling how our brain pulls off this everyday miracle
Cognition
Trying to Forget May Impair Memory
Suppressing unwanted memories interferes with the brain’s ability to retain new information
Neuroscience
Are There Too Many Neuroscientists?
As the number of neuroscience PhDs skyrockets, academic positions hold steady
Neuroscience
What Happens in the Brain When We Misremember
Words with like meaning switch on overlapping brain areas to produce false memories
Neurology
Promising Links Found between Different Causes of Parkinson's
Glitches in cells’ mitochondria power plants underlie various types of cases
Neurology
Q&A: Why a Rested Brain Is More Creative
Taking breaks—from naps to sabbaticals—can help us to refocus and recharge
Neuroscience
He May Have Invented One of Neuroscience's Biggest Advances--but You've Never Heard of Him
Two researchers could win the Nobel for optogenetics, but Zhuo-Hua Pan might have been there first
Cognition
Mom, I'm Joey, Not Jennie!
Why we call our nearest and dearest by the wrong name
Neuroscience
Sleeping with Half a Brain
Animals are not the only creatures who can be literally half asleep. Research shows we experience this, too
Cognition
View Amazing Images That Seem to Move
Art and neuroscience combine to create fascinating examples of illusory motion
Cognition
The Illusions of Love
How do we fool thee? Let us count the ways that illusions play with our hearts and minds
Neuroscience
Experimental Device Suggests New Path to Rousing Coma Patients
Doctors appear to have jump-started the brain of a young patient by using ultrasound waves
Neuroscience
Mind Aglow: Scientists Watch Thoughts Form in the Brain
A new technology shows real-time communication among neurons that promises to reveal brain activity in unprecedented detail
Cognition
Is That Picture Looking at Me?
Eye gaze is critically important to social primates such as humans. Maybe that is why illusions involving eyes are so compelling
How a Curious Condition Solved a Neuroscientific Mystery
A stroke patient, neuroimaging—and Colombian guerrillas—helped settle a decades-long debate on how the brain understands words
Neuroscience
Why We Toss and Turn in an Unfamiliar Bed
Half the brain stays more alert the first night in a new location
Fitness
New Players in the Obesity Puzzle: The Brain’s Glial Cells
Discoveries about the roles they play in appetite and metabolism could unlock new strategies against obesity
