Neuroscience

Nose-to-Brain Research Of Oxytocin In Autism Spectrum Disorders

OptiNose US Inc. has announced that its Norwegian affiliate was awarded $2.1 million by the Research Council of Norway to study its nasal drug delivery technology in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). OptiNose will use this research grant ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 8 2012 - 3:01pm

Speech Perception And Production- Why We Can Read Our Own Lips Better Than Others

Most people can't read lips. If you turn down the sound on your television, you can see why it is difficule. Unless trained, if you see someone speak a sentence without the accompanying sounds, you are unlikely to recognize many words but it turns out ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 8 2012 - 7:00pm

Acoustic Stimulus: Neural Oscillations Optimize Human Listening Behavior

We know brain activity changes many times over the course of a day. When listening, this oscillation synchronizes to the sounds we are hearing. Not only that, say researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, this oscill ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 17 2012 - 8:00am

Let's Talk About The Fidelity Pill

A recent study in the Journal of Neuroscience (here) has conveniently coincided with the announcement of the High Profile Affair of the Year awardee. The two have come together to stir up interest in having some sort of fidelity pill that spoken-for men co ...

Article - David Sloan - Nov 27 2012 - 4:06pm

NET-fMRI Models Neural Interaction In Periods Of Silence

While in deep sleep, our hippocampus sends messages to our cortex and changes its plasticity, possibly transferring recently acquired knowledge to long-term memory. How exactly is this done? Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernet ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 21 2012 - 7:54pm

The lie of our own brain

The only instrument that we have to achieve a comprehension of the environment and our selves as a part of it, is the prefrontal cortex.  The frontal lobes give us the voluntary movement, the decision-making, the problem solving structure, and future plann ...

Blog Post - Arturo Pèrez-Arteaga - Nov 26 2012 - 2:07am

White Light, White Noise, White Odor?

You can see the color white and you can hear white noise but you can also smell a white odor, says new research.  When we see white, we are seeing a mixture of light waves of different wavelengths. The hum we call white noise is a combination of assorted ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 26 2012 - 1:00pm

Ventral Striatum And Insular Cortex: Risk Aversion Is Visible In The Brain

Some people take risks with investments while others on safety with their money and in other business activities. Researchers have looked at the attitudes towards risk in a group of 56 subjects and found that in people who preferred safety, certain region ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 26 2012 - 11:07am

Not 7? 4 Is The 'Magic' Number For Memory, Says Psychiatrist

When it comes to the number of pieces of information the mind can cope with before confusion sets in, the "magic" number is seven, psychologists have long said.  But did phone companies pick that because of the claim or did folk wisdom say it mu ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 28 2012 - 11:30am

Guitars And Brains: Neuroscience Synchronization Happens In Musical Duets

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin have shown that synchronization emerges between brains when making music together, and even when musicians play different voices. This synchronization is used by tutors such as take ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 24 2014 - 8:39pm