Breaking down the brain for everyone to understand
The COVID-19 lockdown resulted in an abrupt, unprecedented social isolation. How do our brains react to social isolation? What do we know about the neuroscience behind social isolation and loneliness?
What happens in the brain while we sleep? As it turns out, a lot: learning and memory, waste clearance, and metabolism.
There’s a reason chickens have their unique strut. The “bob” of a chicken’s head as it walks allows it to see, and is enabled by some amazing neural systems.
Trauma puts individuals at higher risk for developing an eating disorder. But what’s happening in the brain to cause it?
Can neuroscientists read your mind?
How our early life experiences during “critical periods” permanently shape our brain
A new study finds links between several viruses and brain diseases. We’ll break down what this study does and doesn’t tell you about what to think next time you get the flu.
Music is more than just hearing sound; it’s also feeling it. Scientists have shown that feeling the bass makes music more enjoyable and causes people to dance more.
We all have something about us that makes us unique. Find out how scientists are using fish to uncover when in life this individuality emerges.
Do males and females experience physical pain differently?
Neuroscientists often develop entirely new tools to better understand the brain. Neuropixels is one such technology that is helping neuroscientists answer major questions.
Read about what excited our writers about neuroscience this year.
Scientists find a link between oral bacteria and the brain
Do doctors still use electroconvulsive therapy?
Who are you when you're split in two? When it comes to your brain, two halves do not make a whole. Learn about how the two halves of your brain communicate and what happens when they stop.
Migraines impart an incredible amount of pain, but where is the pain coming from and how can it be controlled?
Learn about 1/f, the static that’s anything but random
… and other brain reflexes that we may have inherited from our distant ancestors.
The fox’s nine tails and the cat’s nine lives are mythical. What about the octopus’s nine brains?
What we think we see isn’t always what’s really in front of us. Scientists use optical illusions to demonstrate how our brains use quick tricks to shape how we see the world.
Microbes in our gut (and our poop) can impact our brain and our behavior. Could we treat brain diseases and disorders by swapping “unhealthy” microbes for “healthy” ones?
For a patient experiencing pain, the belief that a pain treatment will work can be enough to reduce their pain.
Microglia are the brain’s immune cells, but what do they do when they’re not hunting down foreign bacteria or munching on debris in the brain? Can they even influence how you sleep?
There are 100 billion neurons in the human brain. How can we possibly categorize all of them, and why is it important?
They might be small, but fruit fly research has led to wide-reaching discoveries in science and six Nobel Prizes!
Have you ever tried and failed to tickle yourself? Learn about how your brain stops you from tickling yourself by expecting what it will feel like.
A recent study genetically sequenced the axolotl brain to understand how they can regenerate parts of their brain!
A second helping of knowledge about this key ingredient in our bodies and brains.
Neurons come in all shapes and sizes, forming a diverse ecosystem in the brain.
Just like humans, praying mantids can see in 3D. Studying how their brains accomplish this might help us build machines that can do the same.
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