Neuroscience

Research finding hints at the possibility of new treatments to restore lost memories

Despite the conventional wisdom, a new study shows picking up the subtleties of grammar in a second language does not fade until well into the teens

Study proposes novel sleep theory, but whether it can explain infant death syndrome remains less clear

Listeners gave more credence to a scientist’s radio interview when the audio was good quality than they did to the same material when the audio was poor. Christopher Intagliata reports.

The lab-grown cerebrums are about the size of a lentil

Volunteers willing to place riskier bets tended to sport larger amygdalas—a region associated with processing fear. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Scans show people who can endure greater risk share certain neurological features

Physicists who have revived experiments from 50 years ago say nerve cells communicate with mechanical pulses, not electric ones

Researchers identify a new target for disorders such as PTSD and schizophrenia 

Michael Lemonick, opinion editor at Scientific American, talks about his most recent book, The Perpetual Now: A Story of Amnesia, Memory and Love, about Lonni Sue Johnson, who suffered a specific kind of brain damage that robbed her of much of her memory and her ability to form new memories, and what she has revealed to neuroscientists about memory and the brain.

The Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience is seeking entries for a competition that celebrates visual art inspired by the brain