Neuroscience

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

Sleep Apnea Causes More Brain Damage In Women

Women suffering from sleep apnea have a higher degree of brain damage than men with the disorder, according to a study conducted by researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing.   Obstructive sleep apnea is a serious disorder that occurs when a person's ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 4 2012 - 12:30pm

First Measurements Made Of Key Thalamus And Prefrontal Cortex Brain Links

Inside the brains of mice and men alike, a relatively big football-shaped region called the thalamus acts like a switchboard, providing the prefrontal cortex, the part that does abstract thinking and decision-making, with most of its information. The thal ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 5 2012 - 9:18pm

Transgenic,Transparent Zebrafish Shows Alzheimer's At Work In Brains

Scientists trying to investigate mechanisms at work in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases have a new tool. A transgenic variety of zebrafish, which is transparent in the early stages of its life, called the "MitoFish" enables ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 5 2012 - 12:01pm

Your Brain's Many Maps: Self-Location In Multiple Mind Modules

Rather than just a single sense of location, the brain has a number of "modules" dedicated to self-location. Each module contains its own internal GPS-like mapping system that keeps track of movement, and has other characteristics that also dist ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 10 2012 - 5:01am

TMHS: The Protein In The Ear Vital For Converting Sound Into Brain Signals

If you want to go on a quest for solving the mysteries of deafness, discovering the genetic machinery in the inner ear that responds to sound waves and converts them into electrical impulses, the language of the brain, is your holy grail. Scientists at Th ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 9 2012 - 12:00pm

BDNF: His And Hers Mammary Gland Nerve Growth

Testosterone has control over the gender-specific absence or presence of mammary gland nerves that sense the amount of milk available in breast milk ducts, according to a new paper which says that the hormones do the job by altering the availability of a ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 9 2012 - 5:30am

Sense Of Touch Uses Vibrations, Just Like Hearing

Sliman Bensmaia, PhD, assistant professor of organismal biology aat the University of Chicago, studies the neural basis of tactile perception-  how our hands convey this information to the brain. In a new study, he and colleagues found that the timing and ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 11 2012 - 5:52pm