Neuroscience

Carbonated Drinks Spark Pain Circuits

When you drink a soda, you may not think it has much in common with horseradish or peppers, but your body does.  New research from USC says the carbon dioxide in fizzy drinks triggers the same pain sensors in the nasal cavity as mustard or other spicy food ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 2 2010 - 1:05pm

To Brains, Even Common Gestures Unfamiliar

What's more universal in culture than a "thumbs up"? To our brains, whether we seem to have a cultural familiarity or not, it isn't familiar at all, says new research in  Human Brain Mapping. People seem to react quickly and intuitively ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 3 2010 - 4:00am

Shock Therapy Improves Name Recall

Temple psychologist Ingrid Olson, who  dedicates her research to understanding human memory,  has found a way to improve the recall of proper names- electricity. Electric stimulation of the right anterior temporal lobe of the brain using  transcranial dire ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Oct 6 2010 - 12:07pm

Passion As Painkiller

Intense, passionate feelings of love can provide effective pain relief on a par with painkillers or even illicit drugs like cocaine, according to a new study. That's not to say you should rely on a string of affairs when you have a headache, but a bet ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 14 2010 - 10:40am

Medicine for stupidity

Someone put a comment that do traditional medicines have some medicine to control stupidity. Brain function may be governed by various signaling molecules. I am no expert of medicine but what produces stupid behavior and how it can be cured using tradition ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Oct 15 2010 - 12:27am

Not Just Humans- Bee Memory Fades With Age Also

A new study says it isn't just human memories that fade- aging impacts the ability of honey bees to find their way home as well. Bees are typically impressive navigators, able to wend their way home through complex landscapes after visits to flowers f ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 24 2010 - 10:52am

Neuroimaging Love- Romance Is More Scientific Than You Think

Do you fall in love using your heart or your brain?   It depends.    For your brain, says a new analysis by Syracuse University Professor Stephanie Ortigue that won't discourage drug use, falling in love elicits the same euphoric feeling as using coca ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 24 2010 - 9:46pm

Are There Brain Differences Between The Sexes?

Men and women are different, we know that now (efforts to the contrary in the 1970s aside) but when it comes to neuroscience, differences may be speculation, no matter how many studies you read saying this imaging study or that is correlated to a hypothesi ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 27 2010 - 6:39pm

Are Musical Chills Really Caused By Endogenous Opioids? Examining Goldstein's 1980 Results

I had the following article in the ICMPC 11 proceedings. ABSTRACT An often cited conclusion that musical chills are mediated by endogenous opioids (endorphins) is based on an experiment that showed the opioid antagonist naloxone reduced the chills rate of ...

Article - Mark Riggle - Oct 29 2010 - 10:38am

Electrical Stimulation Can Boost Math Ability For 6 Months, Says Study

Researchers say that by  applying electrical current to the brain they can enhance mathematical performance for up to 6 months- and there is no impact on other cognitive functions. Aside from being a new way for kids to cheat on their SATs, the work may le ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 4 2010 - 11:59am