New evidence for epigenetic changes in the brains of cigarette smokers
Where There’s Smoke
French Fries or Side Salad?
New research sheds light on why dieting is so challenging
It’s in the blood
How scientists transferred the cognitive benefits of exercise to aged mice…without having to work out
These Circuits Were Made for Walking
A baby’s first steps
The Biased Brain
Your brain might be ready to think it is “us” vs. “them,” but you don’t have to.
Light at night may mess with your brain
A new study may help us understand how nighttime light exposure leads to behavior changes
Healing in Nature
How the outdoors can improve mental health
Artificial Sweeteners and the Brain
Are they really better for you?
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.
Insulating your memories
Neuronal insulation provided by myelin is important for a type of memory formation
LSD on the brain
A psychedelic drug may be a therapeutic breakthrough
Making Memories
How do we form memories, and why does this process break down in autoimmune encephalitis?
A Shocking Discovery
Some scientific experiments are odd, but without this strange experiment neuroscientists would not be very ‘hoppy’. Learn about what neuroscience’s history owes to frogs and an Italian scientist born in the 18th century.
Brainwashed
Parasites can literally control the minds of other creatures
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.
Going Under
General anesthetics are used in millions of surgeries each year, yet we still don’t know exactly how they work.
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?
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.
“Zombie” Brains
What did the study that revived dead pig brains actually show?
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
Time flies when you’re having fun
How does the brain perceive time?
The Numerical Brain
How our brains are built for math
Brain boosts – how much do brain training games really work?
Is there true evidence to back up any of the incredible claims made by brain training games?
Baby on the Brain
How pregnancy can permanently alter the brain.
Brain freeze: what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
From stroke to space travel: what the hibernating ground squirrel can teach us about the brain’s resilience
Socioeconomic Status and the Brain
What does your economic and social position mean for your brain?
To Eat or Not to Eat
How the brain and body work together to meet our energy needs.
