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EEG scans show specific changes in brain activity while petting, walking, and playing with "Man's Best Friend." Spending quality time with dogs reduces stress and increases the power of brain waves associated with relaxation and…

Neuroscientists at Brown University’s Carney Institute for Brain Science studied how parts of the brain must work together to focus on important information while filtering out distractions. The new study provides the most detailed insights…

A pioneering study involving entrepreneurs and managers found increased neuronal connectivity in the brains of entrepreneurs, potentially contributing to distinct cognitive attributes. A multidisciplinary research team led by the HEC…

According to researchers at the Universities of Tübingen and Bonn, the brain has neurons that fire specifically during certain mathematical operations. Some neurons are active exclusively during addition and others during subtraction. The…

The answer? Specific speech sounds stimulate the same region in the brain of humans, macaques and guinea pigs according to a University of Pittsburgh research report published in the journal eNeuro. The brain’s responses to sound can be…

What’s operating when we have a visceral flash of recognition like we do when we see a familiar face (like grandma’s)? There’s been a search for the single brain cell responsible, a "grandmother neuron" that resides at the crossroads of…

Controlling the brain with a click of a smartphone seems like the stuff of science fiction, but scientists from Korea and the United States have made it happen. Their new device can control neural circuits using a tiny brain implant…

In the quest to determine how what happens in one part of the brain affects what happens in the rest of the brain, researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a transparent brain implant for mice using 3D-printing. By…