Neuroscience

Dogs Follow Human Gazes- But Differently Than Other Animals

Gaze following to distant space has been documented in many species such as primates, domesticated goats, several bird species, dolphins, fur seals, the red-footed tortoise and wolves. Gaze following is therefore a basic response found in many taxa. Dogs ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 13 2015 - 1:00pm

Cell Density Remains Constant As Brain Shrinks With Age

New, ultra-high-field magnetic resonance images (MRI) of the brain provide the most detailed images to date to show that while the brain shrinks with age, brain cell density remains constant. The images of cognitively normal young and old adults provide t ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2015 - 1:16pm

Hormone That Differentiates Sugar, Artificial Sweeteners Exists In Flies- And Could Exist In Humans

In the developed world, companies want to make food as delicious as possible and consumers want to buy what tastes good. To compensate for nutritionist concerns about sugar, artificial sweeteners began to be used. But then there was speculation that since ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 16 2015 - 12:00pm

How Insect Societies Share Brain Power

The society you live in can shape the complexity of your brain--and it does so differently for social insects than for humans and other vertebrate animals. A new comparative study of social and solitary wasp species suggests that as social behavior evolve ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 24 2015 - 8:52pm

First Sensor Of Earth's Magnetic Field In An Animal Discovered

A team of scientists and engineers at The University of Texas at Austin has identified the first sensor of the Earth's magnetic field in an animal, finding in the brain of a tiny worm a big clue to a long-held mystery about how animals' internal ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 17 2015 - 6:43pm

Emotional Brains Are 'Physically Different' From Rational Ones

Researchers have found physical differences in the brains of people who respond emotionally to others' feelings, compared to those who respond more rationally. The work led by Robert Eres from the Monash University School of Psychological Sciences, p ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 26 2015 - 10:30am

Culturing The Brain Connectome In A Dish

Mapping the human brain’s network of interconnections, known as the connectome is typically done with help from computational tools because recreating interconnections between different brain regions has been challenging in the lab. Researchers at the Okin ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 21 2015 - 10:00am

Stable Memories- Why You Never 'Forget' Motor Skills Like Riding A Bike

Well-practiced motor skills like riding a bike are extremely stable memories that can be effortlessly recalled after years or decades. In contrast, a new study shows that changes to motor skill memories occurring over the course of a single practice sessi ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 24 2015 - 11:27am

Of Mice And Magnets

By Michael Greshko, Inside Science- Quantum mechanics governs the quirky, counterintuitive way the world works at the small scales of atoms and subatomic particles. ...

Article - Michael Greshko - Jun 25 2015 - 8:00am

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Changes The Brain Of People With Tourette Syndrome

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can change the brain function of people with Tourette syndrome, said researchers at the Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal and the University of Montreal at the First World Congress on Tourette Syndrome ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 25 2015 - 11:00am