Why do we laugh, and how is the brain involved?
The Laughing Brain
Consciousness and Coma
What happens in the brain to produce disorders of consciousness?
Stimulants in the brain
How similar is coffee to other drugs?
Wired to Respond
How the brain coordinates instinctive responses to our environment
Fooling the brain into weight loss
A new implantable device leads to weight loss by tricking the brain into feeling full.
Time flies when you’re having fun
How does the brain perceive time?
We’re taking a break for the holidays
Look for new posts in early January!
Your (Baby’s) Brain on Hurricanes
How natural disasters are helping scientists forecast the effects of stress during pregnancy
Resist the temptation
How does the brain control our impulses?
Brains in a Dish
How cerebral organoids are helping scientists model human disease
Forget the turkey: the neuroscience behind the “food coma”
Can you blame your post-meal sleepiness on science?
Shocked into Strolling
Stimulating the spinal cord lets paralyzed patients walk again
Sensory Overload
Can the way we touch affect the way we feel?
Curious about Curiosity
How does the brain drive the desire for new information?
What if it’s not Alzheimer’s?
A puzzlingly diverse form of early-onset dementia that you should be aware of
The Numerical Brain
How our brains are built for math
Putting the “high” in runner’s high
What do exercise and marijuana have in common?
A brain walks into a bar…
What happens to your brain when you drink?
Genetic Disposition
Is heredity your destiny?
Neurofeedback: learning from your brain
Taking a glimpse inside your brain in real time can help change your behavior
Does your dog love you?
Neuroscience-based justification for the canine-human bond
Epigenetics: what DNA won’t tell you
Our brains are shaped by much more than the genes we inherit
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
Déjà vu? I’ve seen that before.
What’s up with the brain creating a false sense of familiarity?
Alzheimer’s disease – an immune system ‘glitch’?
New research implicates the brain’s immune system in Alzheimer’s disease.
Inside the Brain of a Psychopath
Neuroscientists are using brain imaging to try to understand the biological basis of crime
It’s getting hot in here: How your brain knows when you need to cool off
When temperatures soar, how does our brain help us keep cool?
Brain-Computer Interfaces
Forget the mind-body connection, what about the mind-computer connection?
