How early childhood trauma can lead to the development of multiple personalities.
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Memory Suppression Genes – Team Forgetful
Part of the answer to “why can’t I remember where I put it ?!?!”
Your brain on a bender
Oxytocin, the “love hormone”, may help to reduce excessive drinking
The Neuroscience of Skill
The delicate dance of building and breaking down that goes into learning a new skill
Octopi feel pain like you and I
New research shows that octopuses can have the negative emotional experience of pain
Alzheimer’s disease: What’s causing some of our neurons to die?
A recent study suggests that an Alzheimer’s disease-related protein could explain why specific neurons die first.
Can we prevent memory loss?
Scientists may have found a way to prevent age-related memory loss.
A circuit for social distance
New research finds a circuit in the brain that prevents social engagement with a sick partner
In Sync: The Neuroscience of Successful Communication
What is happening differently in our brains when conversations click versus when they don’t?
Why Does Sex Feel So Good?
What makes sex feel so good? What about it keeps our brains and bodies wanting more?
Parenting across species
Similarities and differences in dog-owner and child-parent relationships
Get a Grip
Humans rely on visual representation of hands to grasp and use tools
A detailed look inside the human brain
Scientists reveal the enormous complexity of a millimeter of the human brain
Depression and the Immune System
Can activity of the immune system explain the link between depression and autoimmune disorders?
Brain Fog and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Brain fog is a common symptom of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome but what causes altered brain function, and could this be happening in patients infected with COVID-19?
Dissociative amnesia?
Scientists find neurological signatures of dissociation
A Calming Presence
How do social interactions help us through stress?
Do I know you?
To learn about how we recognize faces, neuroscientists study the most and least skilled face recognizers.
Stressing Yourself Sick: The Impact of Stress on the Gut
How does stress affect the health and function of your gut?
Creativity in the Brain
Beyond the left brain / right brain hypothesis
Am I Hearing Things?
For the first time, researchers can study auditory hallucinations in mice
Brain Maps
Special cells in the brain help you navigate your world
It’s all about balance: How the brain eliminates unwanted connections
Researchers identified a protein that eliminates synapses
Can a high sugar diet change how you taste?
A recent study found that consumption of a high sugar diet had lasting effects on sweet taste perception.
Brain Beats
Can’t figure out what to listen to next? Try out binaural beats!
The Neurological Exam
Searching for clues to diagnose problems in the brain
Out with the old and in with the new? Navigating the explore-exploit trade-off
How do we decide when to try something new and when to stick with what we know?
The Endogenous Opioid System: Your Body’s Natural Pain Reliever?
How does your body use its natural systems to relieve pain? Might we be able to use what we know about natural pain relieving processes in order to treat chronic pain and battle the opioid epidemic?
Forgetting, remembering, and stress
How is memory affected by stress? It all comes down to timing.
The Neuroscience of Narcolepsy
Loss of one type of neuron can throw sleep transitions into chaos
