Some people lack the ability to visualize in their minds. What makes their brain different?
What do you see in your mind?
Restoring Sight to the Blind
Restoring sight to the blind sounds like science fiction, but a recent study puts us one step closer to making this fantasy a reality.
Familiar Faces
How does the brain determine if someone is a friend or a stranger?
The Neuroscience of Acupuncture
New research uncovers the biology behind acupuncture’s anti-inflammatory effects
Seeing the light again
How a protein from algae might help blind patients see
Image memorability: A shared tendency to remember certain things we see
What makes some images easier to remember than others?
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
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?
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?
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
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 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?
Too hot to handle
Why does too much spice feel like fire?
Tone-Deafness and the Brain
How does our brain help us sing in tune and what goes wrong in tone-deaf individuals?
Echo, Echo
Humans and bats use similar strategies to localize sounds
The Cells of Consciousness
How close is science to finding the cellular source of consciousness?
No pain… a lot to gain
Can anesthesia lead us to better pain killers?
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?
Masters of Disguise
How swinging a bat and camouflage are more similar than you think
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?
These Circuits Were Made for Walking
A baby’s first steps
A Sense of Attraction
What do a refrigerator and a sea turtle have in common? Surprisingly, magnets.
A World Without Smell
What causes someone to lose the sense of smell?
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