Part of Brain That Controls Habits Found Responsible for Encoding New Learnings, Neuroscience Research Reveals

Medicine & Technology Aug 27, 2021

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai's new study reveals that a part of the brain that controls habits may also play a critical role in learning new things. Researchers hope to learn new insights about neurons and circuits that underlie neurological disorders involving behavior control.

Lab Rats Sense Empathy, But Will Only Act for Their Own Kind - and Humans Might Be the Same

Jul 14, 2021

A new study has found brain regions responsible for prioritizing which should lab rats save first in times of crisis - with the findings suggesting that humans are the same.

'Grandmother Neuron' May Exist After All: Scientists Found Cells that Links Face Perception and Memory

Jul 13, 2021

New research on monkeys may have found the long-sought-after grandmother neuron. These are neurons that code specific information, that link sensory neurons, and memory.

Mind-Reading Headphones Work Like An EEG That Increase Noise Cancelling To Help Wearer Concentrate

Apr 29, 2021

A neurotechnology company has made mind-reading headphones with cloth sensors that track neurons like a mobile EEG. It monitors neural impulses to silence notifications, turn up noise-canceling white noise, or suggest a mental break.

Sensitive Touch Inputs: New Study Demonstrates Neuron Sensitivity On Our Fingerprints

Mar 16, 2021

Aside from unique identifiers used in databases and law enforcement processes, fingerprints could also serve for a more acute sense of touch - according to a new study.

Brain Stimulation Could Boost a Person's Courage and Remove Fear

Feb 26, 2021

Scientists have found a way to stimulate the brain to increase a person's courage and remove the feeling of fear. This will potentially help cure PTSD, phobias, and anxiety.

Neuroscience Explains What Happens to the Brain When One is in Love

Feb 13, 2021

Love can make a person feel so many desirable and less desirable feelings. The bottom line is that something strange is happening inside the brain when a person falls in love.

Learning to Drive and Navigate Significantly Changes the Brain

Feb 02, 2021

Learning new things significantly changes the brain, such as learning how to drive.

Therapeutic Wireless Rechargeable Tiny Brain Implant Can Be Controlled Using Smartphone

Jan 29, 2021

South Korean scientists have developed a therapeutic tiny brain implant that can be recharged outside of the body and controlled using smartphones.

Happy Endings Could Mess Up Your Brain's Decision-Making, Study Says

Oct 23, 2020

People cannot always trust that choices made based on previous experience will serve their best interests in the future, the study says.

How Does the Hippocampus Affect Bodily Functions?

Sep 15, 2020

The hippocampus is part of the limbic system and is responsible for storing short-term memory into long-term memory, as well as spatial memory which enables navigation.

Brain Imaging Study Reveals the Role of Neural Flexibility Later in Life

Sep 02, 2020

Scientists used brain imaging technology in infants to examine the emergence of neural flexibility and its role in predicting reading ability, academic success, resilience to stress, creativity, and lowering the risks of developing psychiatric problems.

Study Suggests People Make Better Choices When the Risk of Harming Others Is Likely

Aug 25, 2020

While people are usually motivated by self-interest and gaining an advantage over others, this behavior is changed when harm is added to the equation, according to a new study.

The Link Between the Brain and Architecture

Feb 28, 2020

Architecture design can be closely connected to how our brains respond to particular features of our built environment.

Lego-like Therapeutic Brain Implants That Can Be Controlled by a Smartphone

Aug 12, 2019

Compact therapeutic brain implants would potentially solve current issue on complex, bulky, and short-term drug and light delivery systems.