Neuroscience

Yawning Is Not About Blood Oxygen, It Is About Cooling The Brain

Why do we yawn? It's unclear. One hypothesis is that yawning helps to increase the oxygen supply but there no association between yawning and blood oxygen levels has been found. Psychologists now have a different notion- that yawning cools the brain. ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2014 - 9:22am

Twitching In Your Sleep Is More About Mapping The Brain Than Chasing Rabbits

role for the developing brain. We still have much to learn about the specifics of how twitches ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 3 2014 - 6:00pm

Getting Fired Up About Synapses

so fired up about the synapse (pun intended).  Well the answer is simple-- understanding how synapses ...

Article - Kathy Murphy - Jul 13 2010 - 9:31am

Let's Talk About The Fidelity Pill

that was about 10 cm farther than any other group. This was without an alteration in their ...

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

Anything At All Concerning About Brain Mapping?

to worry about something similar with our genome, but there's a big difference between the ...

Article - David Sloan - Mar 8 2013 - 2:41pm

4 Myths About Speech Problems In Children

are lazy This myth reflects a lack of understanding about the nature of speech problems in children ...

Article - The Conversation - Mar 12 2015 - 5:20pm

10 Facts About Lupus

today, thanks to researchers who continue to discover more about the immune system. With current ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 19 2014 - 2:00pm

What Do Sea Slugs Tell Us About Learning?

stimulated. What is intriguing about implicating prions in long-term memory is that they provide a solution ...

Blog Post - Sarah Harrison - Jul 20 2013 - 2:37pm

Why We Fail At New Year’s Resolutions, And What To Do About It

develops, tests and validates computerized brain exercises based on what we’ve learned about brain ...

Article - Michael Merzenich - Jan 23 2019 - 8:00am

Bagpipes, The Sound Of Cheese And What Evolution Can Teach Us About Cowardice

that encodes information about its age and status in the pack, according to behavioral neurologists ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 24 2009 - 1:57pm