A newly discovered genetic mutation might explain why some people need only 4-6 hours of sleep each night.
The genetics behind short sleepers
Defining Glioblastoma
New research points to why this deadly cancer is so hard to treat
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.
Parched
The neuroscience of thirst
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?
Why are Alzheimer’s disease drugs failing?
Targeting an important protein in the pathway of Alzheimer’s disease is not proving itself to be the cure-all people hoped for
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.
When Your Brain is on Fire
What happens when your body attacks your brain?
Medical CBD
A compound found in cannabis offers a new treatment for epilepsy
The Voice Within
How can brain-computer interfaces be used to restore speech?
Neuroethology: The wild side of neuroscience
What do bats, zebra finches, electric fish and honeybees have in common? They are all species that are studied in neuroethology!
Yoga and the brain
Yoga and meditation may soon be used as interventions for clinical conditions such as depression
On the Hunt
Neural circuits for predatory behavior
The scent of memory
Smells can trigger powerful emotional memories
The Dreaming Brain
The neuroscience behind dreaming
Manipulating Memories
As we learn more about how memories are formed and stored in the brain, researchers are now discovering the many ways in which memories can be altered on a neuronal level.
Happy Mother’s Day!
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.
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?
