COVID-19’s global wrath began to intensify in early 2020, just as Washington University in St. Louis was scheduled to break […]
Creation of new brain cells plays an underappreciated role in Alzheimer’s disease
Much of the research on the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s disease focuses on amyloid beta (Aß), a protein that accumulates […]
Pores for thought: Ion channel study beckons first whole-brain simulation: Blue Brain Project’s ‘Channelpedia’ is open to brain modellers and pharmacologists everywhere
Pores at the surface of neurons and muscle cells control your every thought, movement; the very beating of your heart. […]
Pupillary response to glare illusions of different colors: A blue glare illusion was perceived to be brightest and caused larger pupil constriction
The Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology formed a research team with the University of […]
What the brains of people with excellent general knowledge look like: Some people seem to have an answer to every general knowledge question; why?
The brains of people with excellent general knowledge are particularly efficiently wired. This was shown by neuroscientists at Ruhr-Universität Bochum […]
New pathways for sensory learning in the brain: Automated, robotic training device advances neuroscience research
We’ve all heard the saying that individuals learn at their own pace. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed an […]
How mammals’ brains evolved to distinguish odors is nothing to sniff at: Study finds that the relationship of ‘distributed circuit’ components scales across species
The world is filled with millions upon millions of distinct smells, but how mammals’ brains evolved to tell them apart […]
Deciphering how the brain encodes color and shape: Study reveals how the brain processes the external world using overlapping visual circuits
There are hundreds of thousands of distinct colors and shapes that a person can distinguish visually, but how does the […]
Step towards light-based, brain-like computing chip
A technology that functions like a brain? In these times of artificial intelligence, this no longer seems so far-fetched — […]
Brain imaging lie detector can be beaten with simple techniques
People have certain physical ‘tells’ when they conceal information — and studies show that good liars can prevent these ‘tells’ […]