neuroscience

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…

This is just cool. Researchers can explore complex neuroimaging data by “seeing” it in audiovisual format. The video below, with its accompanying musical soundtrack, demonstrates and interprets what goes on in the brain when performing…

The scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Southern California (USC) are doing some exciting work. They've demonstrated the first successful use of a neural prosthetic device to recall specific…

Researchers at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine are highlighting the intricate interplay of nicotine's effects on human brain regions. Their findings, published in eNeuro, explore how nicotine influences the areas…

Zombies rejoice! This is the beginning of the end of chasing down humans for a meal. Soon, you'll be able to sit in the shed and play Timesplitters 2 with Shaun and Ed. (If you haven't seen Shaun of the Dead, it's a fun little romp.) In…

Virtually everything involves processes. When they evolve, you need to stay on top of them. We need an easy way to keep up. A new study by neuroscientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT looks at circuitry that helps…

After long-duration spaceflight, structural connectivity changes happen in the brain. While reported by astronauts that spent long stints on the International Space Station (ISS), a study published in Frontiers in Neural Circuits analyzes…

Neuroscientists at MIT trained artificial neural network to take on a simple odor classification and the results were surprisingly accurate. Guangyu Robert Yang at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research led the work as a postdoc at…

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) assistive devices may one day help people with brain or spinal injuries to move or communicate. BCI systems depend on implantable sensors that record electrical signals in the brain and use those signals to…