Researchers discovered the genetic properties of the glial cells that wrap around axons in our corneas have the potential for nerve regeneration and vision preservation.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: More Skin-Like, Electronic Skin That Can Feel
Researchers have developed a multimodal ion-electronic skin that can detect heat and mechanical stimulation at the same time.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Which Speaker Are You Listening to? Hearing Aid of the Future Uses Brainwaves to Find Out
EEG and AI technology can directly decode the direction in which people are listening from brainwaves alone, without having to link them to direct sounds.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Memories of Past Events Retain Remarkable Fidelity Even as We Age
People can recall memories of previous events with up to 94% accuracy, even as they age.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Exploring Links Between Infant Vocabulary Size and Vocal Interactions With Caregivers
Certain types of interactions between parents and babies result in greater infant vocabulary.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Basketball on the Brain: Neuroscientists Use Sports to Study Surprise
Researchers monitored brain activity and eye movement of basketball fans watching March Madness games to study how people process surprise.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: The Smell of Cooperation
The smell of a cooperative rat is enough to trigger altruistic responses in other rodents.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: New Mechanism of Pain Control Revealed
Stimulating noradrenergic neurons in the locus coeruleus that carry signals from the brain down the spinal dorsal horn activates astrocytes. The astrocyte activation results in hypersensitivity to pain.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Exercise Motivation Could Be Linked to Certain Smells
Study finds olfaction plays a significant role in the motivation to exercise. Mice who were “high runners” developed genetic differences in their olfactory systems that caused them to perceive smells differently than more sedentary mice.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Drug Guides Stem Cells to Desired Location, Improving Their Ability to Heal
A new drug can lure stem cells to damaged tissue and locations, improving treatment efficacy. The drug could be used to help recruit stem cells to sites damaged by neurodegenerative diseases.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Changes in Our Stomach’s Rhythms Steer Us Away From Disgusting Sights
Changes in the rhythms of our stomachs force us to turn away from visual stimuli we find disgusting.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Cocoa Flavanols Boost Brain Oxygenation and Cognition in Healthy Adults
Those exposed to cocoa flavanols performed better at cognitive tests and showed increases in brain oxygenation.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: AI Helps Scientists Understand Brain Activity Behind Thoughts
A new AI system helps researchers better understand the brain computations that underlie thought.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Stronger Memories Can Help Us Make Sense of Future Changes
The stronger a memory is as it is first encoded, the easier it is for a person to note subsequent changes and integrate them to update their understanding.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: How the Brain ‘Rewires’ After Disease
Findings have implications for a better understanding of how brain plasticity occurs.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Brain Waves Guide Us in Spotlighting Surprises
A dynamic interplay of different brainwave frequencies, not dedicated networks, governs how the brain acts to a novel surprise and downplays predictable stimuli.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Anxiety Associated With Faster Alzheimer’s Disease Onset
Anxiety may accelerate the progression of mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease. Brain scans revealed patients who progressed from MCI to Alzheimer’s disease had decreased volume in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Stress in Pregnancy May Influence Baby Brain Development
Maternal stress is linked to altered development in areas of the brain associated with emotional development in their offspring.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Blog Post » The Lives Lost to COVID-19
In this Director’s message, Dr. Gordon shares a personal perspective on the importance of remembering the individual lives that have been lost to COVID-19.
Article Correctness Is Author's Responsibility: Tarantula Toxin Attacks With Molecular Stinger
A tarantula’s venom immobilizes its prey by interfering with sodium channels that generate electrical signals in the animal’s nervous system.
