Some animals sleep with half their brain at a time. Can humans?
Sleeping with one eye open
Learning to Read the Mind
Signals in the brain can be decoded to infer visual experiences
Ride the Wave
Brain waves almost sound made up, like something that doesn’t exist. However, brain waves are very real, and scientists are very interested in them.
The link between smoking and diabetes
New study reveals how a certain protein plays a role in both nicotine addiction and type II diabetes
Transforming cells to repair the brain
By introducing a single protein, gene therapy can help repair the brain after injury
Going Under
General anesthetics are used in millions of surgeries each year, yet we still don’t know exactly how they work.
More than a bug bite
Zika and West Nile viruses cause cognitive problems when immune cells team up
Sing me a song
Social interactions shape bird song learning
The Neuroscience of Dyslexia
Research shows less activity in the brain’s “reading network” in people with dyslexia. How can we use this knowledge for early intervention?
The One and Only
So you think you have found your soulmate? Can science explain why someone might feel that way?
The protein that makes you feel pain
Different conditions uncover how one protein is important in controlling pain
The genetics behind short sleepers
A newly discovered genetic mutation might explain why some people need only 4-6 hours of sleep each night.
Defining Glioblastoma
New research points to why this deadly cancer is so hard to treat
That’s Too Real
Why do we find some robots cute and others disturbing? New research points to a representation of the Uncanny Valley effect in the brain.
Parched
The neuroscience of thirst
Dying to Know: how do neurotoxins work?
Did you know neurotoxins are used for research and medical treatments? But how do they work and why are they so deadly?
Why are Alzheimer’s disease drugs failing?
Targeting an important protein in the pathway of Alzheimer’s disease is not proving itself to be the cure-all people hoped for
Infantile amnesia: Why can’t we remember early childhood?
The rapid development of the hippocampus in childhood may explain why it’s nearly impossible to recall memories from our early years.
When Your Brain is on Fire
What happens when your body attacks your brain?
Medical CBD
A compound found in cannabis offers a new treatment for epilepsy
The Voice Within
How can brain-computer interfaces be used to restore speech?
Neuroethology: The wild side of neuroscience
What do bats, zebra finches, electric fish and honeybees have in common? They are all species that are studied in neuroethology!
Yoga and the brain
Yoga and meditation may soon be used as interventions for clinical conditions such as depression
On the Hunt
Neural circuits for predatory behavior
The scent of memory
Smells can trigger powerful emotional memories
The Dreaming Brain
The neuroscience behind dreaming
Manipulating Memories
As we learn more about how memories are formed and stored in the brain, researchers are now discovering the many ways in which memories can be altered on a neuronal level.
Happy Mother’s Day!
It turns out that parenting isn’t just something people learn how to do, but is hardwired into our brains. Learn about the neurobiology behind parenting.
The quest for emotion mirror neurons
For years, scientists had predicted the existence of neurons in the brain that respond to both the experience and the observation of an emotion. It now seems that they have found them in rats!
Your Brain With A Migraine
Migraines are much more than just headaches, so what exactly is going on in the brain to cause them?
