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Sleep Is the Brain's Way of Staying in Balance [Video]

The connections between neurons get weaker, not stronger, when we sleep—and that keeps brain cells from becoming overtaxed by waking events

Fat Tuesday: Neurosurgery versus bariatric surgery in obesity

A study in the journal Neurosurgical Focus has calculated thate DBS will have to be 83% effective in order for it to be a better choice than gastric bypass for obese patients.

Autism Risk-Factors Database Could Aid in Epidemiological Studies of the Disorder

A new database pools health registry data from seven countries, dramatically boosting potential sample sizes for epidemiological studies of autism

Can Herbs Ease Anxiety and Depression?

Some plant-based remedies may stand in for conventional ones, but most lack scientific support as treatments for psychological problems

Human Cells Make Mice Smarter

Implanting our larger support cells allowed the rodents' brains to work faster

Neuroscience in Fiction: The Princess Bride

The novel is a wonderful read, but something that I hadn't expected is that the plot would revolve so much around the topic of pain, both psychological and physical.

Train of Thought Derailed: How an Accident Can Affect Your Brain

A survivor of last week's deadly train derailment in Spain illustrates how disaster can alter your mind

Fat Tuesday: Surgery for everyone! How science validated the gastric bypass.

An important and exciting piece of research just came out in Science Magazine last week showing why gastric bypass surgery has such powerful curative effects on diabetes, beyond the previous belief that the dietary restriction helps diabetes...

The VerbCorner Project

Help researchers better understand the role of verbs in communication

The Era of Memory Engineering Has Arrived

How neuroscientists can call up and change a memory

The Neural Magic of Hypnotic Suggestion

A new review of the scientific literature studying hypnosis, in the journal Nature Reviews Neuroscience, by Oakley and Halligan, discusses the potential for hypnosis to provide insights into brain mechanisms involved in attention, motor control, pain perception, beliefs and volition and also to produce informative analogues of clinical conditions...

Moon Cycles Affect Human Sleep

Participants in a sleep study experienced quantitative decreases in parameters of sound sleep near the full moon, associated with a decrease in sleep quality. Sophie Bushwick reports

Is It Possible to Recover from Autism?

New research says yes, but how to spark recovery remains a mystery

Social Status Affects Who We Choose to Believe

When it comes to news or political statements, the more powerful the speaker the more we are likely to believe them. Christie Nicholson reports

Touching a Nerve: Exploring the Implications of the Self as Brain, Part 2 [Excerpt]

Philosopher Patricia Churchland looks at aggressive impulses and sex through the lens of neuroscience and evolutionary theory

Neuroscience in Fiction: Dexter’s Final Season Premiere

Dexter's swan song will involve chasing down a serial killer that puts a melon baller to the unique use of scooping the anterior insula out of the brains of his victims.

Neuroscience in Fiction: Dexter's Final Season Premiere

Scientists Plant False Memories in Mice--and Mice Buy It

Activation of neurons during memory formation is sufficient for an animal to later recall that memory

Touching a Nerve: Exploring the Implications of the Self as Brain, Part 1 [Excerpt]

Philosopher Patricia Churchland looks at aggressive impulses and sex through the lens of neuroscience and evolutionary theory

Phased Out: Human Sleep Patterns Linked to Full Moon

“It must be the moon”—the newest excuse for why you’re tired today