Beyond the left brain / right brain hypothesis
Creativity in the Brain
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
Brain Beats
Can’t figure out what to listen to next? Try out binaural beats!
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?
Forgetting, remembering, and stress
How is memory affected by stress? It all comes down to timing.
What can cause our brains to forget?
Recent research suggests microglia, the immune cells in your brain, are responsible for forgetting memories.
How Spotify Uses What We Know About the Brain to Make Music Recommendations
Big companies like Google and Spotify use what we know about the brain to build a class of models called neural networks that help power many of their services.
Tone-Deafness and the Brain
How does our brain help us sing in tune and what goes wrong in tone-deaf individuals?
The Benefits of Gift Giving
Does giving a gift actually make you happier?
Feeling Frosty
Some people are sad that winter is here, but others have S.A.D.- Seasonal Affective Disorder
Scary movies and haunted houses: understanding the fear and fun paradox
Researchers found that there is a “just-right” amount of enjoyable fear
The Cells of Consciousness
How close is science to finding the cellular source of consciousness?
The Sound of Music Therapy: Harmony between the Brain and its Memories
How can scientists and health professionals harness the power of music for more than just dancing?
A Wandering Mind
A peek into the mechanisms and treatments for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Psychedelics lead to long-lasting brain changes
These substances could prove to be potential therapies for mood and substance disorders.
Sense from the Noise
How do our brains sift through the clutter?
It’s in the blood
How scientists transferred the cognitive benefits of exercise to aged mice…without having to work out
The Biased Brain
Your brain might be ready to think it is “us” vs. “them,” but you don’t have to.
Aphasia as a Symptom of Autoimmune Encephalitis
Many types of brain injury and disease, including autoimmune encephalitis, can cause a language disorder named aphasia that affects at least 2 million Americans
Active by default
What the brain’s default mode network can teach us about ourselves
Translating faces into emotion
Scientists deciphered what mice were feeling by looking at their faces
Healing in Nature
How the outdoors can improve mental health
Alone, but not lonely
Socially distancing from each other has been tough, and being alone also has biological consequences. However, being alone and being lonely are not the same.
LSD on the brain
A psychedelic drug may be a therapeutic breakthrough
The Bilingual Brain
Research finds that learning to speak more than one language, especially as a child, leads to long-lasting cognitive benefits.
The World in Color
How do our brains perceive color, and why do some people and animals see color differently?
Learning to Read the Mind
Signals in the brain can be decoded to infer visual experiences
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?
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.
