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.
Happy Mother’s Day!
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?
“Zombie” Brains
What did the study that revived dead pig brains actually show?
I like it like that
Making a hard choice can impact your personal preferences
Deep Brain Stimulation
30 years of DBS and how much we still don’t know
Best of the Year 2018: Imaging in Behaving Animals
Why was this neuroscience method called the ‘best’ of 2018?
A Gut Feeling
How specific bacteria in your gut are linked to mood disorders and quality of life
Sleep It Off
How and why do we sleep so much when we are sick?
Chemo-brain
How do cancer treatments cause thinking and memory problems?
Unconscious Vision
How our brains can “see” after blindness
I’ll have what she’s having
Social comparison changes the value of rewards
At Attention, Soldier!
Can you stay awake forever with the army’s optimal caffeine concentration calculations?
The Laughing Brain
Why do we laugh, and how is the brain involved?
Consciousness and Coma
What happens in the brain to produce disorders of consciousness?
Stimulants in the brain
How similar is coffee to other drugs?
Wired to Respond
How the brain coordinates instinctive responses to our environment
Fooling the brain into weight loss
A new implantable device leads to weight loss by tricking the brain into feeling full.
Time flies when you’re having fun
How does the brain perceive time?
We’re taking a break for the holidays
Look for new posts in early January!
Your (Baby’s) Brain on Hurricanes
How natural disasters are helping scientists forecast the effects of stress during pregnancy
Resist the temptation
How does the brain control our impulses?
Brains in a Dish
How cerebral organoids are helping scientists model human disease
Forget the turkey: the neuroscience behind the “food coma”
Can you blame your post-meal sleepiness on science?
Shocked into Strolling
Stimulating the spinal cord lets paralyzed patients walk again
Sensory Overload
Can the way we touch affect the way we feel?
Curious about Curiosity
How does the brain drive the desire for new information?
What if it’s not Alzheimer’s?
A puzzlingly diverse form of early-onset dementia that you should be aware of
The Numerical Brain
How our brains are built for math
Putting the “high” in runner’s high
What do exercise and marijuana have in common?
