Cognition
“Event” Cells in the Brain Help Organize Memory into Meaningful Segments
Neurons in the hippocampus categorize what we experience into abstract, discrete events, such as taking a walk versus having lunch
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Behavior
The Loneliness of the “Social Distancer” Triggers Brain Cravings Akin to Hunger
A study on isolation’s neural underpinnings implies many may feel literally “starved” for contact amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Evolution
City Birds: Big-Brained with Few Offspring or Small-Brained with a Lot
To make it in urban areas, birds tend to be either large-brained and able to produce few offspring or small-brained and extremely fertile. In natural habitats, most birds brains are of average size...
Cognition
Can Science Explain Deja Vu?
Most of us have experienced deja vu—that sensation when new events feel eerily familiar. Could this "glitch in the Matrix" be a brain short-circuit?
Cognition
Constant Shifts between Mental States Mark a Signature of Consciousness
Both of two essential brain networks that switch roles—one is on when the other is off—shut down in unresponsive individuals
Cognition
The Brain Learns in Unexpected Ways
White matter, the insulation around our neural wiring, plays a critical role in acquiring knowledge
Neuroscience
Born Ready: Babies Are Prewired to Perceive the World
A study in infants adds to the debate about whether we come into the world prepped for higher cognitive abilities such as face recognition
Neuroscience
White Noise Helps Mice Distinguish Similar Tones
Understanding a surprising effect may eventually improve human hearing
Biology
Fight-or-Flight Nerves Make Mice Go Gray
A new study in mice concludes stress can cause gray hair—and credits overactive nerves with the change in hue. Karen Hopkin reports.
Neuroscience
Is an Antidepressant Right for You? Ask Your Brain Waves
EEGs successfully picked out which depressed individuals got better on the drug Zoloft
Cognition
How Does a Mammalian Brain Forget?
A mouse study shows immune cells gobbling up the connections between memory-associated neurons
Neuroscience
“Mini Brains” Are Not like the Real Thing
Snags hinder efforts to create small cellular models of the human cortex
Neuroscience
Twenty-Eight Shades of Shoes
New research using Crocs explains “the dress”
Neuroscience
“Organoids” Reveal How Human Forebrain Develops
Studying gene expression in human brain tissue grown in the lab could offer insight into disorders such as autism
Neuroscience
New Nerve-Growing Method Could Help Injured Soldiers and Others
Eight years of experiments demonstrate the bridging of large gaps in damaged nerves
Neuroscience
Largest Brain Wiring Diagram to Date Is Published
The partial fruit fly “connectome” contains approximately 25,000 neurons and 20 million synapses
Neurology
Possible Missing Link in Alzheimer’s Pathology Identified
It may open the door to new treatments and explain why previous ones failed
Neuroscience
In Search of the Brain’s Social Road Maps
Neural circuits that track our whereabouts in space and time may also play vital roles in determining how we relate to other people
Neuroscience
Bruce McEwen, Pioneer in Study of Stress’s Impact on the Brain, Dies at 81
Research by the neuroendocrinologist into the effects of cortisol and other hormones marked a major contribution
Neuroscience
Scientists Spot Addiction-Associated Circuit in Rats
Rats show changes in compulsive behavior when a brain connection is turned on or inhibited
