Human brains and fruit fly brains are built similarly – visualizing how helps researchers better understand how both work ~science Article 572 words 6 votes
Memories are made by breaking DNA — and fixing it (in mice) ~science Article 832 words, published Mar 27 2024 19 votes
Root cause of Alzheimer's may be fat buildup in brain cells, research suggests ~health.mental Article 488 words 22 votes
Psilocybin therapy alters prefrontal and limbic brain circuitry in alcohol use disorder ~science Link 17 votes
Researchers were able to isolate the brain from the rest of the body of a pig, and kept it alive and functioning for five hours ~science Link 59 votes
Why we crave – The neuroscientific picture of addiction overlooks the psychological and social factors that make cravings so hard to resist ~health.mental Article 3166 words 15 votes
New study - scent of tears from female humans reduces revenge seeking and aggression in males, similar to patterns observed in other mammals ~science biology Article 503 words 31 votes
Machine learning creates a massive map of smelly molecules ~science chemistry Article 536 words 14 votes
CDH2 mutation affecting N-cadherin function causes attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder in humans and mice ~health.mental Article 19 votes
Scientists are researching a device that can induce lucid dreams on demand ~tech Article 1333 words, published Nov 3 2023 33 votes
Neuralink competitor Precision Neuroscience buys factory to build its brain implants ~science Article 14 votes
Recent neuroscience research suggests that popular strategies to control dopamine are based on an overly narrow view of how it functions ~science medicine Article 1036 words 17 votes
Neuralink is recruiting subjects for the first human trial of its brain-computer interface ~tech Article 554 words 9 votes
‘Our ability to forsee the future and review the past predisposes us to mental illness’ ~health.mental Article 2110 words, published Sep 7 2023 17 votes
Boston University - Study finds CTE in 40% of athletes who died before thirty ~sports Article 424 words 15 votes
Brain recordings capture musicality of speech — with help from Pink Floyd ~science Article 1226 words 8 votes
Study shows if music gives you chills or goosebumps, you may have a special brain ~music Article 308 words 60 votes
What is reality? Lisa Feldman Barrett, a neuroscientist explains. ~science psychology Video 6:35 5 votes
Having an out-of-body experience? Blame this sausage-shaped piece of your brain ~science biology Article 750 words 10 votes
Injection of kidney protein improves working memory in monkeys ~science biology Article 814 words 9 votes
Lonely people see the world differently, according to their brains ~science psychology Article 801 words 30 votes
Cat noses contain twisted labyrinths that help them separate smells ~science biology Article 545 words 13 votes
ChubbyEmu case study of a victim of unlicensed food truck ~health medicine healthcare Video 16:32, published Jun 20 2023 14 votes
Neuroscientists show that brain waves synchronize when people interact ~science biology Article 4173 words 11 votes
Eastern philosophy says there's no "self". Science agrees ~humanities philosophy.eastern Article 2212 words 23 votes
Why the brain’s connections to the body are crisscrossed ~science biology Article 1691 words, published Apr 19 2023 6 votes
How our team overturned the ninety-year-old metaphor of a ‘little man’ in the brain who controls movement ~science biology Article 1549 words 4 votes
Forget the Pokédex, our brains contain a ‘rich cognitive map’ of Pokémon ~health.mental Article 1115 words, published Apr 6 2023 6 votes
Depression has often been blamed on low levels of serotonin in the brain. That answer is insufficient, but alternatives are coming into view and changing our understanding of the disease. ~health.mental Article 1561 words, published Jan 26 2023 9 votes
Neuralink is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, causing needless suffering and deaths ~science Article 2392 words 7 votes
Under anesthesia, where do our minds go? To better understand our brains and design safer anesthesia, scientists are turning to EEG ~health medicine Article 2562 words, published Jun 29 2022 8 votes
How ‘The Dress’ sparked a neuroscience breakthrough ~science Article 2227 words, published Jun 24 2022 8 votes
Autistic people care too much, research says ~science Article 1429 words, published Nov 7 2020 25 votes
Predictive pattern classification can distinguish gender identity subtypes from behavior and brain imaging ~science Link 14 votes
What if we could inoculate people against depression and trauma? ~health.mental Article 1786 words 7 votes
Brain implant translates paralyzed man's thoughts into text with 94% accuracy ~science medicine Article 705 words 13 votes